Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes and viremia in a tertiary hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 30 Apr 2022
Alacam Sema, Bakir Ayfer, Karatas Aysel
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization estimates that 71 million people with chronic HCV infection lived worldwide in 2015. HCV is a globally prevalent pathogen, that genotype1 is the most common. In this study, the prevalence of anti-HCV, distributions of HCV genotype, and viremia rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C were evaluated. METHODOLOGY: In this retrospective single-center study, anti-HCV...
Topics
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- RNA, Viral
- Retrospective Studies
- Tertiary Care Centers
- Turkey
- Viremia
