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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in southern Italy.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Cicciarello S, Borgia G, Crowell J, Ciampi R, Cerini R, Orlando R, Mainolfi M, Reynaud L, Milano M, Piazza M
Abstract excerpt
HCV is ubiquitous. In 50% of all cases it causes chronic hepatitis that often evolves into liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently HCV has been classified in 5 genotypes by Okamoto. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of 5 genotypes in Campania, a region of southern Italy, where the prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies ranges from 0.87 to 4%, and to evaluate the correlation between...
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