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Genotype 3 is the predominant hepatitis C genotype in a multi-ethnic Asian population in Malaysia.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 Jun 2015
Ho Shiaw-Hooi, Ng Kee-Peng, Kaur Harvinder, Goh Khean-Lee
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BACKGROUND: Genotypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are distributed differently across the world. There is a paucity of such data in a multi-ethnic Asian population like Malaysia. The objectives of this study were to determine the distribution of HCV genotypes between major ethnic groups and to ascertain their association with basic demographic variables like age and gender. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional...
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