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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Adana and Antakya regions of Turkey.
Turkish journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2014
Oztürk Agah Bahadir, Doğan Umit Bilge, Oztürk Nevin Akçaer, Ozyazici Gonca, Demir Mehmet, Akin Mustafa Salih, Böngöl Ali Suha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 was found to be dominant in Turkey. In this study, HCV genotypes were examined in the Adana and Antakya regions of Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study consisted of 639 HCV-RNA-positive patients with chronic HCV infection in Adana (214 males and 101 females) and Antakya (139 males and 185 females) in Turkey. Real time-polymerase chain reaction was used for...
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