Hepatitis C Genotypes Distribution in Intravenous Drug Users in Tehran

Hepatitis C Genotypes Distribution in Intravenous Drug Users in Tehran

I read with interest the published article by Ranjbar Kermani et al. (1). Genotyping of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is important, which provides information about strain variation and characteristics of virus during the treatment and the therapy response rate (2). In addition, it is of epidemiologic value because it sheds light on whether prevalent HCV strains are similar to that endemic ones in a ...

hepatitis c genotypes distribution in intravenous drug users in tehran

Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes among intravenous drug users in the Çukurova region of Turkey.

BACKGROUND/AIM The most common hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype in Turkey is genotype 1. However, there has not been a study about the distribution of HCV genotypes among intravenous drug users (IVDUs) in the Çukurova region of Turkey. This study was planned to understand if there is a difference between IVDUs and the normal population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between May 2010 and May 2014, ant...

distribution of hepatitis c virus genotypes among chronic infected injecting drug users in tehran, iran

background hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the main cause of infection that has the potential to cause chronic liver disease. injecting drug users (idus) have a key role in hcv transmission in iran. knowledge of the distribution of various genotypes is essential for successful future research and control strategies. objectives the aim of this study was to identify hcv genotypes among chronic infecte...

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Injecting Drug Users from Romania.

Due to the increasing number of infections related to injecting drug use, both the pattern of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, and the circulating genotypes in Europe have changed. As there are little available data in this respect for Romania, the aim of our study was a preliminary analysis of the distribution of HCV genotypes circulating among injecting drug users (IDUs). Of the 45 IDUs ...