Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes in France: comparison of clinical features of patients infected with HCV type I and type II.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jul 1994
Qu D, Li J S, Vitvitski L, Mechai S, Berby F, Tong S P, Bailly F, Wang Q S, Martin J L, Trépo C
Abstract excerpt
Two major hepatitis C virus genotypes, F1 and F2, corresponding to hepatitis C virus type I and type II respectively, were found in France. To investigate the correlation between infection with these genotypes (F1 and F2) and clinical features of patients, serum samples proven to be hepatitis C virus positive by polymerase chain reaction amplification on 5' non-coding region were further amplified in the NS3...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- Female
- France
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
