Regional Diversity of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence: Seeking for Culture Specific Mode of Transmission
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Regional Diversity of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence: Seeking for Culture Specific Mode of Transmission
Chronic hepatitis C infection is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although means of eradicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) are on their way, an effective HCV vaccine is yet to be discovered. Current strategies for preventing HCV are to be closely related to the understanding of regional epidemiology and possible mode of infection. South Korea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut and Liver
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1976-2283,2005-1212
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2014.8.4.337