Epidemiology of HCV infection in the Central European region

Opinion leaders in each of four countries in the Central European region summarize the available data on hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology. The overall prevalence of anti-HCV antibody reactivity in this region varies between 0.2% and 2.1%, the most prevalent HCV genotype is GT 1. The commonest ro...

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Autores principales: Urbánek, Petr, Kristian, Pavol, Makara, Michael, Hunyady, Bela, Tomasiewicz, Krzysztof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28856264
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2016.58849
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Sumario:Opinion leaders in each of four countries in the Central European region summarize the available data on hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology. The overall prevalence of anti-HCV antibody reactivity in this region varies between 0.2% and 2.1%, the most prevalent HCV genotype is GT 1. The commonest route of transmission is intravenous drug abuse at present.

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