Article
[Hepatitis C virus genotypes circulating in Colombia].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 24 Jan 2017
Santos Óscar, Gómez Alberto, Vizcaíno Viviana, Casas María Consuelo, Ramírez María Del Pilar, Olaya Patricia
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is a worldwide public health problem; it has been estimated that over 180 million people are infected with this virus worldwide. Its precise incidence and prevalence (i.e., epidemiology) and the most frequent circulating genotypes in Colombia are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To describe the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and subtypes in infected Colombian patients....
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