Article
Clinical features of patients with chronic liver disease associated with hepatitis C virus genotype 1a/I in Okinawa, Japan.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Feb 1997
Sakugawa H, Nakasone H, Kinjo F, Saito A, Keida Y, Kikuchi K, Oyadomari Y, Ishihara M, Nakasone K, Yogi S, Kinjo Y, Taira M
Abstract excerpt
The clinical characteristics of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers with HCV genotype 1a/I infection were investigated and compared with those of chronic HCV carriers infected with 1b/II, 2a/III, 2b/IV and the mixed type of infection. We found that 16 of 408 (3.9%) carriers had HCV genotype...
Topics
- Adult
- Carrier State
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- RNA, Viral