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[Hepatitis C virus genotype 5 in Mexico: a case report with successful treatment and a literature review].
Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Rubio-Lezama M A, López-Alférez R, Santillán-Arreygue L, Romero-Figueroa M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 5 is extremely rare and there is very little reported on its management in the medical literature. We present herein the case of a patient with HCV genotype 5 that presumably acquired the disease through a blood transfusion during infancy. Sustained virologic response was achieved after 24 weeks of treatment. According to the available information on HCV genotype 5 treatment, it...
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