Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Population in Luxor Governorate, Egypt
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV), was first identified in 1989 [1], it is a spherical, enveloped, single stranded RNA virus belongs to Flaviviridae family and having humans and chimpanzees as the only species vulnerable to its infection [2,3]. There are at least 7 genоtypes and more than 67 subtypes of HCV were identified, the different HCV genotypes have different distribution [4]. HCV Genotype 4 is the predominant genоtype being isоlated frоm up to 91% of HCV-infected persоns in Egypt [5].
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تاریخ انتشار 2017