Rare detection of Hepatitis C virus genotype 4 in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis: First report from central India.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (GT4) is exceptionally rare in central India. We report the first molecularly confirmed case of HCV GT4a in a 26-year-old severely malnourished male (body weight 39 kg) presenting with active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Madhya Pradesh. Following the detection of active viremia (1.1 × 105 IU/mL), Sanger sequencing of the Core region and nucleotide homology analysis...

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