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Hepatitis C virus recombinants are rare even among intravenous drug users.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2010
Viazov Sergei, Ross Stefan S, Kyuregyan Karen K, Timm Joerg, Neumann-Haefelin Christoph, Isaeva Olga V, Popova Oksana E, Dmitriev Petr N, El Sharkawi Fathia, Thimme Robert, Michailov Michail I, Roggendorf Michael
Abstract excerpt
Systematic studies of the circulation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) recombinants in different parts of the world have been initiated only recently, and no detailed information on this subject is available. The aim of the current investigation was to determine the frequency of HCV recombinants in intravenous drug users (IVDU) from two European countries. HCV RNA from serum samples was tested by RT-PCR with primers...
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