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Molecular characterization of hepatitis c virus in multi-transfused Colombian patients.
Virology journal - 23 Oct 2012
di Filippo Diana, Cortes-Mancera Fabian, Beltran Mauricio, Arbelaez Maria Patricia, Jaramillo Sergio, Restrepo Juan Carlos, Correa Gonzalo, Navas Maria-Cristina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects 170 million persons worldwide and is a public health problem. Considering that HCV is principally transmitted by exposure to infected blood, multi-transfused patients constitute one of the most important risk groups in developing countries. To explore the dynamics of this infection in Colombia, we performed a study to determine the genotypes of HCV in a cohort of...
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