Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes and hepatitis G virus in hemodialysis patients from Syria: identification of two novel hepatitis C virus subtypes.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 1998
Abdulkarim A S, Zein N N, Germer J J, Kolbert C P, Kabbani L, Krajnik K L, Hola A, Agha M N, Tourogman M, Persing D H
Abstract excerpt
High prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis G (HGV) viruses has been reported among hemodialysis patients with substantial heterogeneity of HCV genotypes throughout the world. We studied HCV prevalence, clinical significance, genotype distribution, and HGV coinfection in hemodialysis patie...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Flaviviridae
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA, Viral
- Renal Dialysis
