Article
The genotypes of hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection in southern Taiwan.
The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 1 Nov 1996
Yu M L, Chuang W L, Lu S N, Chen S C, Wang J H, Lin Z Y, Hsieh M Y, Wang L Y, Chang W Y
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in southern Taiwan, the sera from 56 patients with chronic HCV infection were studied. Twenty-nine patients were men and 27 were women. Age ranged from 22 to 65 years (mean, 47.3 +/- 11.4). Eighteen of them had chronic persistent...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Taiwan
- Time Factors