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Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among blood donors in southern Brazil: a case-control study

BACKGROUND: In Brazil, it is estimated that between 2.5 and 4.9% of the general population present anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies, which corresponds to as many as 3.9 to 7.6 million chronic carriers. Chronic liver disease is associated with HCV infection in 20% to 58% of the Brazilian patie...

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Autores principales: Brandão, Ajacio BM, Costa Fuchs, Sandra
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC122085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12169200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-2-18