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Genotypic analysis of hepatitis C virus in American patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1994
Mahaney K, Tedeschi V, Maertens G, Di Bisceglie A M, Vergalla J, Hoofnagle J H, Sallie R
Abstract excerpt
We examined hepatitis C virus genotypes in 98 American patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection by means of two methods; restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and line probe assay, which is based on type-specific sequence variations in the 5' untranslated region. Type 1 was present in 73 patients (74%), type 2 in 15 (15%), type 3 in 6 (6%) and type 4 in 1 (1%). Line probe assay further...
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