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Prevalence, genotypes, and an isolate (HC-C2) of hepatitis C virus in Chinese patients with liver disease.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 1993
Wang Y, Okamoto H, Tsuda F, Nagayama R, Tao Q M, Mishiro S
Abstract excerpt
China has not been extensively investigated for the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people with or without liver disease. We analyzed serum from 2,177 liver disease patients from 7 cities in different areas of China. Of 435 acute hepatitis patients, only 11% were positive for HCV RNA, while hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was detected in 33%. Of 1,668 patients with chronic liver disease,...
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