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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in serum and liver of children with chronic hepatitis C.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 1995
Castillo I, Bartolomé J, Ruiz-Moreno M, Sanchez V, Navas S, Carreño V
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b subtypes have been studied in 30 serum samples and in 20 paired liver biopsies from children with chronic hepatitis C. One serum sample was negative to the four HCV subtypes studied. HCV 1b was detected alone in 53.3% (16/30) of the serum samples; HCV 1a alone in 23.3% (7/30) and a mixed infection in 20% (6/30). In liver samples, HCV mixed infection was detected in a...
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