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New insights into hepatitis C virus infection in the tribal-dominant part of Northeast India.
Archives of virology - 1 Nov 2012
Medhi Subhash, Goswami Bhabadev, Das Anup K, Singh Thongam Bhimo, Husain Syed Akhtar, Sehgal Ashok, Kar Premashis
Abstract excerpt
Northeast India is known for the demographic heterogeneity of its tribal population, but there is no information about hepatitis C virus infection and associated risk factors. Anti-HCV was measured, HCV-RNA was detected based on the 5' UTR-core region, and genotyping was done by direct sequencing of the NS5b region. Antibodies to HCV were found in 13.7 % of the samples tested (96 out of 700), while HCV-RNA was...
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