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Molecular epidemiology and viral load of HCV in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan.
Virology journal - 10 Feb 2014
Afridi Suliman Qadir, Ali Muhammad Muddassir, Awan Furqan, Zahid Muhammad Nauman, Afridi Irfan Qadir, Afridi Sara Qadir, Yaqub Tahir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly infectious pathogen which is responsible for causing Hepatitis around 200 million individuals worldwide. In Pakistan, 4.7% of HCV prevalence has been reported and HCV genotype 3a has been found to be the major source of infection in Pakistan but still there is lack of information on distribution of HCV genotypes and viral load in various geographical regions of...
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