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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 plasma from blood donors infected with HCV were amplified in the 5'-noncoding region and were typed by restriction...
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