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Subtype distribution among intravenous drug users with chronic type C hepatitis in southern Spain.
Microbios - 1 Jan 1998
García F, Roldán C, García F, Hernández J, García-Valdecasas J, Bernal M C, Piédrola G, Maroto M C
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtype distribution among intravenous drug users (IVDU), and patients without this risk of acquiring HCV infection, was evaluated. The patients included in the study were 51 with chronic type C hepatitis (36 IVDU and 25 coinfected by HIV-1), and 31 on haemodialysis. Genotyping was performed on 71 viraemic patients, with the following distribution: 25.4%, 1a; 54.9%, 1b; 8.5%, 3a; 7%,...
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