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[Seroprevalence of HCV in the general population of Niger and in patients with chronic liver diseases: comparison of different second generation tests and PCR].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Jan 1997
De Groof D, Michielsen P, Hassane A, Leyssens N, Ramon A, Pelckmans P
Abstract excerpt
The aim of our study in Niger was to compare the seroprevalence of hepatitis C in a rural "normal" population and in a group of patients presenting at the hospital with signs of chronic liver disease: to estimate this seroprevalence, we used 4 second generation ELISA screening and 3 confirmatory tests (LIA, RIBA and PCR); genotyping was performed on PCR positive sera, using Inno-LIPA HCV. We could not find a...
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