Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Guinea-Bissau: A Sexually Transmitted Genotype 2 with Parenteral Amplification?

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa is the continent with the highest prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Genotype 2 HCV is thought to have originated from West Africa several hundred years ago. Mechanisms of transmission remain poorly understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To delineate...

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Autores principales: Plamondon, Mireille, Labbé, Annie-Claude, Frost, Eric, Deslandes, Sylvie, Alves, Alfredo Claudino, Bastien, Nathalie, Pepin, Jacques
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17440608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000372

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17440608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000372

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