The incidence of viremia and the heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus genotypes among blood donors, hemophiliacs and patients with chronic liver disease.

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The incidence of viremia and the heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus genotypes among blood donors, hemophiliacs and patients with chronic liver disease.

Pathology - 1 Nov 1996

Kuperan P, Aw T C, Ishiko H, Hashimoto O, Takeda N

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the major cause of parentally transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis. We studied the incidence of HCV Viremia in blood donors, hemophiliacs and patients with chronic liver disease who are positive for antibodies to HCV, and then correlated the HCV genotypes among the three...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Alanine Transaminase
Blood Donors
Chronic Disease
Female
Genotype
Hemophilia A
Hepacivirus
Humans
Liver Diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Viremia

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