High prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 among certain risk groups in Hong Kong.

doi:10.1023/a:1007400304726

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High prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 among certain risk groups in Hong Kong.

European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jul 1998

Wong D A, Tong L K, Lim W

Abstract excerpt

The genotype of hepatitis C virus (HCV) of 172 HCV-RNA positive serum specimens taken from patients with chronic liver diseases, thalassaemia major, chronic renal failure (CRF), haemophilia and intravenous drug abusers (IVDA) was determined by analysis of the amplified 5'UTR region by genotype-sp...

Topics

Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Prevalence
Prognosis
RNA, Viral
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Serologic Tests
Serotyping
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Viral Load
beta-Thalassemia

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PMID: 9744672
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007400304726

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