Article
Geographical distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in blood donors: an international collaborative survey.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1994
McOmish F, Yap P L, Dow B C, Follett E A, Seed C, Keller A J, Cobain T J, Krusius T, Kolho E, Naukkarinen R
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of infection with the six classified major genotypes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was investigated in 447 infected volunteer blood donors from the following nine countries: Scotland, Finland, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, Egypt, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Viral sequences in...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Blood Donors
- Egypt
- Europe
- Asia, Eastern
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- International Cooperation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Viral
- Transfusion Reaction
