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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in a cohort of Australian blood donors and haemophiliac and liver transplant patients.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Feb 1997
Chen J, McGuinness P H, Koorey D J, Rickard K, Wylie B, McCaughan G W
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to characterize hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes using the INNO-LiPA HCV line probe assay and direct sequencing from three different HCV-RNA-positive (serum) groups: (i) blood donors (n = 59); (ii) haemophiliacs (n = 43); and (iii) patients undergoing liver transplantation (n = 26). Of 128 HCV-RNA-positive samples, 74 (58%) were genotype 1. Of these, 41 were genotype 1a, 32 were...
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