A Possible Geographic Origin of Endemic Hepatitis C Virus 6a in Hong Kong: Evidences for the Association with Vietnamese Immigration

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 6a accounts for 23.6% of all HCV infections of the general population and 58.5% of intravenous drug users in Hong Kong. However, the geographical origin of this highly predominant HCV subgenotype is largely unknown. This study explores a hypothesis for one possibl...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Xiaoming, Chan, Paul K. S., Tam, John S., Tang, Julian W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024889

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024889

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