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Intrafamilial viral transmission is not the main cause of the high prevalence of hepatic C virus infection in a village, Putian county, China.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2011
Shi Shuang, Lu Feng, Yan Ling, Zhuang Hui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of anti-HCV in the population of a village, which is located in China's Putian County, was 28.9%. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether intrafamilial transmission is the main cause of the high prevalence of HCV infection in the village. STUDY DESIGN: This study surveyed the prevalence of anti-HCV antibody and HCV RNA and analyzed the risk factors for infection. Twenty-seven families...
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