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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in hemodialysis patients in the Federal District, Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Amorim Regina M S, Raiol Tainá, Trevizoli José E, Neves Francisco A R, Martins Cláudia R F, Martins Regina M B
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and subtypes were determined in hemodialysis patients in the Federal District, Brazil, by sequencing of the 5' noncoding (NC) and nonstructural 5B (NS5B) regions. From 761 patients, 66 anti-HCV-positive samples were tested for HCV RNA. All 51 HCV RNA-positive samples by PCR of the 5' NC region were genotyped as genotypes 1 (90.2%) and 3 (9.8%). Subtype 1a (82.3%) was the most...
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