Hepatitis C virus genotypes in injecting drug users from Romania
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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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2391-5463
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-011-0073-6