Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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farah bokharaei-salim department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran, tel/fax: +98-2188602205
hossein keyvani department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
seyed hamidreza monavari department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
seyed moayed alavian baqiyatallah research center for gastroenterology and liver diseases, baqiyatollah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; middle east liver disease center, tehran, ir iran
shahin fakhim faculty of engineering deaprtment, islamic azad university, shahre qods branch, tehran, ir iran
sherko nasseri department of virology, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
conclusions the current study shows that the predominant hcv genotype among azerbaijani patients with established chronic hepatitis c is subtype 1b (71.1%) followed by subtype 3a (17.0%). results hcv genotyping of positive plasma samples demonstrated that predominant hcv subtype was noted for 1b (71.1%) followed by subtype 3a (17.0%), genotype 2 (6.8%), 1a (1.7%), and mixed infection (3.4%). th...