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Update on epidemiology of HCV in Italy: focus on the Calabria Region.
BMC infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Marascio Nadia, Liberto Maria, Barreca Giorgio, Zicca Emilia, Quirino Angela, Lamberti Angelo, Bianco Giovanna, Matera Giovanni, Surace Lorenzo, Berardelli Giuseppina, Surace Lidia, De Maria Vincenzo, Giancotti Francesca, Leone Rosa, Villella Vilma, Nisticò Salvatore, Borelli Annelisa, Caruso Vincenzina, Calderazzo Massimo, Griffo Gianfranco, Masciari Rosanna, Minchella Pasquale, Cosco Lucio, Laganà Carmelo, Oliva Angela, Foti Giuseppe, Fiorillo Maria, Bocchiaro Giuseppa, Surace Pasquale, Ciccaglione Anna, Ciccozzi Massimo, Cesario Francesco, Torti Carlo, Focà Alfredo
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiological profile of HCV infection is evolving in Europe, as well as in Italy. We have previously showed genotype distributions and their dynamics in 2,153 HCV RNA positive patients living in Calabria, Southern Italy, over 11 years. In this study, we extend and update this information by evaluating a hospital-based cohort of 945 HCV RNA positive patients attending five hospitals in the Calabria Region...
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