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Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, and Hepatitis D virus in general population of Afghanistan.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2020
Husseini Abbas Ali, Islam Saeed Khwaja Mir, Yurdcu Esra, Bozdayı A Mithat
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study gives a clue about genotypes, subgenotypes and subtypes of HBV, HCV and HDV viruses in general population of Afghanistan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 234 HBsAg, 44 anti-HCV and 5 Anti-Delta positive patients belong to 25-70 age group were obtained through a rapid screening test among 5898 residents of Afghanistan. After quantifying viral load, genotyping of 61 HBV, 29 HCV and 1...
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