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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus genotypes and subtypes among injecting drug users in Hungary.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 21 Nov 2013
Tresó B, Takács M, Dencs Á, Dudás M, Pár A, Rusvai E
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine the geographical distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes/subtypes among people who inject drugs (PWID) recruited at 22 needle exchange sites and drug outpatient services in all seven Planning and Statistical Regions of Hungary. Of 198 such PWID, 147 (74.2%), 45 (22.7%) and six (3.0%) carried genotype 1, 3 or 4, respectively, and 31 (72.1%) of the 43 genotype 1 sequences...
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