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Prevalence of HCV genotypes in district Mardan.
Virology journal - 20 Mar 2013
Afridi Suliman Qadir, Zahid Muhammad Nouman, Shabbir Muhammad Zubair, Hussain Zeenat, Mukhtar Nadia, Tipu Muhammad Yasin, Akhtar Fareeha, Yaqub Tahir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Approximately 170 million people are infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. The prevalence of chronic HCV infections in Pakistan is about 5%, with most individuals being infected with HCV genotype 3a. Data on HCV genotypes distribution across various districts of the country are scarce. One example is district Mardan from where such data is available only from 17 individuals. Accordingly,...
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