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Prevalence and genotyping of hepatitis C virus in blood donors in the state of Pará, Northern Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Feb 2010
Oliveira-Filho Aldemir B, Pimenta Adriana S C, Rojas Márcia F M, Chagas Márcia C M, Crescente José Angelo B, Crespo Deborah M, Lemos José Alexandre R
Abstract excerpt
Given the scarcity of epidemiological information on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Northern Brazil, we determined the prevalence and genotypic frequency in blood donors in the state of Pará (PA). Blood samples from all of the blood donors at the Fundação HEMOPA (blood bank of PA) from 2004-2006 were screened for the presence of antibodies to anti-HCV and samples seroreactive to anti-HCV were further tested...
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