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Infection with GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in drug addicts, patients on maintenance hemodialysis, or with chronic liver disease in Nepal.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 1997

Shrestha S M, Shrestha S, Tsuda F, Sawada N, Tanaka T, Okamoto H, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M

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Infection with GB virus C (GBV-C) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) was surveyed in various populations in Kathmandu, Nepal. GBV-C RNA and HCV RNA were detected in four (2%) and none, respectively, of 181 normal controls. Viral RNAs were detected significantly more frequently (P < 0.001) in 32 (44%) and 43 (60%), respectively, of 72 users of illicit intravenous drug, and in three (14%) and one (5%) of 22 patients on...

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PMID: 9334927
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199710)53:2<157::aid-jmv8>3.0.co;2-8

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