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Mixed infections of hepatitis C virus as a factor in acute exacerbations of chronic type C hepatitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 1994
Kao J H, Chen P J, Lai M Y, Yang P M, Sheu J C, Wang T H, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
Twenty patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and acute exacerbations (group A) were studied by polymerase chain reaction with genotype-specific primers to explore the role of mixed infections of HCV in acute exacerbations of chronic type C hepatitis. Another 26 patients who did not have acute exacerbation were matched controls (group B). Eleven (55%) of the group A patients had heterologous HCV,...
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