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Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C: recent trends in electrochemical immunosensor and genosensor analysis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Nov 2014
Uliana Carolina V, Riccardi Carla S, Yamanaka Hideko
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C is a liver disease that is transmitted through contact with the blood of an infected person. An estimated 150 million individuals worldwide have been chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hepatitis C shows significant genetic variation in the global population, due to the high rate of viral RNA mutation. There are six variants of the virus (HCV genotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), with 15...
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