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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Southern Brazil.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Dec 1996
Krug L P, Lunge V R, Ikuta N, Fonseca A S, Cheinquer H, Ozaki L S, Barros S G
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Southern Brazil was studied in the plasma of 100 HCV-RNA-positive patients attended in Porto Alegre, South of Brazil. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) products from the 5' noncoding region were double digested with RsaI-HaeIII and BstNI-HinfI and analyzed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Three genotypes (1, 2 and 3)...
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