Frequent Recovery and Broad Genotype 2 Diversity Characterize Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Ghana, West Africa

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is thought to mostly become chronic and rarely resolves. HCV infection was serologically screened in 4,984 samples from Ghanaian blood donors, and 1.3% prevalence was found. At least 53% of confirmed anti-HCV carriers had no detectable viral RNA and were considered...

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Main Authors: Candotti, Daniel, Temple, Jillian, Sarkodie, Francis, Allain, Jean-Pierre
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
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Pathogenesis and Immunity
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC161936/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12829831
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.77.14.7914-7923.2003
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