Article
[Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus in blood donors and in patients with chronic liver disease and hepatocarcinoma in a Chilean population].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 1998
Muñoz G, Velasco M, Thiers V, Hurtado C, Brahm J, Larrondo-Lillo M, Guglielmetti A, Smok G, Brechot C, Lamas E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The impact of hepatitis C virus infection in Chile has not been well established. AIM: To assess hepatitis C virus infection in normal Chileans and in patients with liver disease. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Antibodies against hepatitis C virus were investigated in 21,000 blood donors, 133...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Donors
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Chile
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Liver Diseases
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Prevalence