Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes in French blood donors.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 1995
Gournay J, Marcellin P, Martinot-Peignoux M, Degott C, Gabriel F, Courtois F, Branger M, Wild A M, Erlinger S, Benhamou J P
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of different hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in HCV infected individuals and the relation between the HCV genotypes and the source of the infection are controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the HCV genotypes in French blood donors. Fifty-one anti-HCV positive blood donors were studied with detectable serum HCV RNA by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers derived...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blood Donors
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- France
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis Antibodies
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
