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Molecular survey of hepatitis C virus in the touristic city of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Culasso Andrés C A, Elizalde Mercedes, Campos Rodolfo H, Barbini Luciana
Abstract excerpt
The global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be roughly described by two groups of genotypes: the worldwide distributed ones (subtypes 1a, 1b, 2a and 3a, among others) and the endemic ones (subtypes 4a, 5a, 6a, among others). Epidemiological and population dynamic studies of the worldwide distributed genotypes have shown that subtypes 1a and 3a are common among intravenous drug users (IDUs) and that...
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