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Change in hepatitis C virus clades: a cross-sectional study of chronic HCV patients in Pakistan from 2000-2010.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 May 2011
Butt S, Idrees M, Shahid M, Amin I, Younas S, Afzal S, Akbar H, Ur Rehman I
Abstract excerpt
The changing pattern in hepatitis C virus (HCV) clades overtime is not well known in Pakistan. To find out the changing pattern of different HCV clades over time in this country 22,125 patients were genotyped and tracked for a period of 11 years (2000-2010). A changing pattern in HCV clades was seen in this region during the study period. Sub-clade 3a remained the dominant sub-clade circulating in different areas...
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