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Determination of hepatitis C virus genotypes among blood donors in Ahvaz, Iran.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Farshadpour F, Makvandi M, Samarbafzadeh A R, Jalalifar M A
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to determine the genotypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among blood donors at Ahvaz Blood Transfusion Centre. Blood samples were taken from 2376 blood donors - 1795 (75.54%) male and 581(24.45%) female - who referred to Ahvaz Blood Transfusion Centre during 2007-2008. Detection of anti-HCV antibody for all the donors was carried out by ELISA and the confirmatory RIBA tests. HCV RT-PCR followed by...
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