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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Nanjing, southern China.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jul 1997
Suzuki K, Mizokami M, Cao K, Wu X S, Wu R R, Hata A, Sasaki M, Fang Z X, Zhang L Y, Lau J Y, Iino S
Abstract excerpt
There is little information on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in China. The prevalence of HCV infection was determined in 998 subjects (398 with liver disease and 600 without) in the city of Nanjing in southern China. Subjects were tested for anti-HCV antibodies by a second generation assay. We also determined serological HCV genotypes and HCV RNA sequences. Among the 600 subjects without...
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