Article
Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic liver disease or chronic renal failure and blood donors in Thailand.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 1994
Luengrojanakul P, Vareesangthip K, Chainuvati T, Murata K, Tsuda F, Tokita H, Okamoto H, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA and genotypes, as well as markers of hepatitis B virus infection, were surveyed in 171 patients with chronic liver disease, 276 patients with chronic renal failure, and 961 blood donors in Thailand. HCV RNA was detected in 30 (23%) of 128 patients with non-alcoholic chronic liver disease and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in 60 (47%), and both HCV RNA and HBsAg in 3; the cause of...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blood Donors
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis Antibodies
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
