[Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of Tunisian hepatitis C virus strains subtype 1b].

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important causative agent of chronic liver disease worldwide distributed. In Tunisia, reported HCV seroprevalence is about 0.7%, with higher infection rate in the North-East region (Béjà). Subtype 1b is the largely predominant genotype. As it was suggested in a previous study, a specific HCV variant, subtype 1b was circulating in Tunisia, especially in urban areas of the North-Nest...

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