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Hepatitis-C virus infection among injecting drug users in Lahore, Pakistan: A cross sectional study

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus among injecting drugs users, furthermore different genotypes of HCV infection and their effect on viral load were also found and subsequently most prevalent subtype was predicted. METHODS: All samples were processed for An...

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Autores principales:	Akhtar, Abdul Majeed, Majeed, Sadia, Jamil, Muhammad, Rehman, Abdul, Majeed, Sufia
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Professional Medical Publications 2016
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27182243 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.322.9038

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