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Molecular epidemiological analysis of three hepatitis C virus outbreaks in Jammu and Kashmir State, India.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2016
Chadha Sanjim, Sharma Uma, Chaudhary Artee, Prakash Charu, Gupta Sunil, Venkatesh S
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Outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are associated with unsafe injection practices, intravenous drug abuse and other exposure to blood and body fluids. We report here three outbreaks of HCV infection from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) State, India, which occurred over a period of 3 years and in which molecular epidemiological investigations identified a presumptive common source of infection, most likely a...
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