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Prevalence of occult hepatitis C virus infection in Iranian patients with beta thalassemia major.
Archives of virology - 1 Jul 2016
Bastani Mohammad-Navid, Bokharaei-Salim Farah, Keyvani Hossein, Esghaei Maryam, Monavari Seyed Hamidreza, Ebrahimi Mojtaba, Garshasebi Saba, Fakhim Shahin
Abstract excerpt
Occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI) is a new pathological form of chronic hepatitis virus (HCV) infection characterized by the presence of HCV RNA in liver biopsy and/or peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) specimens and the absence of HCV RNA and anti-HCV antibodies (Abs) in plasma samples. β-thalassemia major is a hereditary recessive blood disease with deficiency in the hemoglobin beta chain....
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