Article
Hepatitis C virus diversification in Argentina: comparative analysis between the large city of Buenos Aires and the small rural town of O'Brien.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Golemba Marcelo D, Culasso Andrés C A, Villamil Federico G, Bare Patricia, Gadano Adrián, Ridruejo Ezequiel, Martinez Alfredo, Di Lello Federico A, Campos Rodolfo H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The estimated prevalence of HCV infection in Argentina is around 2%. However, higher rates of infection have been described in population studies of small urban and rural communities. The aim of this work was to compare the origin and diversification of HCV-1b in samples from two different epidemiological scenarios: Buenos Aires, a large cosmopolitan city, and O'Brien, a small rural town with a high...
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