Treatment of genotype one hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV co-infected patients using telaprevir based regimen.
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بررسی ژنوتیپ‌های ویروس هپاتیت C در مراجعین به کلینیک مرجع استان یزد
Introduction: Determining virus genotype is a major factor for initiation of treatment because various kinds of genotypes need different antiviral drugs. Distribution of hepatitis C genotype in the word is variable in each country or even in each province. So we need to determine distribution pattern of hepatitis C genotype in our region. This study was performed in referral clinic of Yazd prov...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
دوره 19 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015