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Molecular study of HCV detection, genotypes and their routes of transmission in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine - 1 Jul 2012
Safi Sher Zaman, Waheed Yasir, Sadat Joharia, Solat-Ul-Islam, Salahuddin Sadia, Saeed Umar, Ashraf Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and explore the associated risk factors in chronic HCV patients. METHODS: A total of 116 patients with chronic hepatitis C were subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based detection out of which 112 chronic HCV patients [53 male (47.32%), 59 female (52.68%); mean age (43.76±16.40) years; mean BMI (23.8±3.9) kg] were enrolled in this study. The...
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