Genetic Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus throughout Egypt
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 182 (3) , 698-707
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem in Egypt, where the seroprevalence is 10–20-fold higher than that in the United States. TKeywords
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