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Detection of HCV Persistent Infections in the Dental Pulp: A Novel Approach for the Detection of Past and Ancient Infections.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Siravenha Layla Gomes, Siravenha Leonardo Quintão, Madeira Lucimar Di Paula, Oliveira-Filho Aldemir B, Machado Luiz Fernando Almeida, Martins Feitosa Rosimar Neris, Vallinoto Antonio Carlos Rosário, Ishak Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães, Ishak Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
The dental pulp is a sterile highly vascularized tissue and has been commonly used as a biological material to detect the genome of infectious agents that reach the dental tissue. Indeed, the pulp is also used to reveal past and ancient infections in the field of paleomicrobiology. The present study aimed to detect the presence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a small community (approximately 400 inhabitants) in the...
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