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Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis C virus strains and risk factors associated with infection and viral subtypes among Iranian patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2014
Salehi Moghadam Faraz, Mohebbi Seyed Reza, Hosseini Seyed Masoud, Romani Sara, Mirtalebi Hanieh, Azimzadeh Pedram, Damavand Behzad, Naghoosi Hamed, Khanyaghma Mahsa, Sanati Azar, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has infected approximately 170 million people worldwide. While the seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibody among Iranian blood donors is 0.13%, HCV infection is prevalent in 59-80% of Iranian injecting drug users. One hundred seventy-eight anti-HCV positive patients were referred to the Gastroenterology Department at the Taleghani Hospital (Tehran, Iran) between June 2007 and June 2012. Out of...
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