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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in a Surgical Population of Southeast China: A Large-Scale Multicenter Study.
Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jan 2020
Chen Ping, Zheng Yang, Cai Yubo, Zou Pengfei, Li Nan, Peng Conggao, Gao Hainv, Liu Jimin, Chen Yongping, Tong Zhaowei, Li Lanjuan
Abstract excerpt
Background: Chronic HCV infection affects 80 million people globally and may progress to advanced liver disease. The present study aims to investigate the present epidemiology of HCV infection in a southeastern Chinese surgical patient cohort. Methods: Blood samples obtained from 78,484 surgical patients from 18 different city and county hospitals were enrolled. The incidence of serum HCV antibody positivity, HCV...
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