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Geographic Variation of Indigenous Hepatitis C Virus Subtypes 6g and 6w in an Endemic Area of Southern Taiwan
2021-02-22
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<h4>Background and Aims: </h4> Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT) 6 is the most genetically diverse GT and mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and south China but not Taiwan. Earlier studies showed the major GTs in Taiwan were GT 1b and GT 2 with very rare GT6 except in injection drug user and subtype 6a is the main GT 6 subtype among IDUs. Recently we reported a much higher prevalence (18.3%) of GT 6 in Taina...
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- 54e4ce77-b4c2-534b-a647-d2012984d628
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-182188/v1