Hepatitis C virus seropositivity and genotyping by RealTime PCR in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India

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  • SR Ramya
  • M Kulkarni
  • GS Vijay Kumar
چکیده

Background Hepatitis C virus is one of the major causes of parenterally acquired hepatitis. HCV genotypes exhibit different profiles of pathogenicity, infectivity and response to antiviral therapy. The study was taken up to detect HCV seropositivity and common genotype prevalence in a tertiary care hospital. The other objectives of the study were to detect probable risk factors and HIV/HBV co infections.

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دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014