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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Australia.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Sept 1997
McCaw R, Moaven L, Locarnini S A, Bowden D S
Abstract excerpt
The relative distribution of Australian hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes was determined for 500 isolates. Genotyping was performed using a commercial reverse phase hybridization assay after amplification of the 5' untranslated region of HCV by the polymerase chain reaction. Australian isolates comprised, predominantly, genotype 1 (55%) and genotype 3 (38%) with genotype 2 accounting for only 7%. Genotype 3a was...
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