Frequent recovery and broad genotype 2 diversity characterize hepatitis C virus infection in Ghana, West Africa

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is thought to mostly become chronic and rarely resolves. HCV infection was serologically screened in 4,984 samples from Ghanaian blood donors, and 1.3% prevalence was found. At least 53% of confirmed anti-HCV carriers had no detectable viral RNA and were considered...

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Published in:	Journal of virology Vol. 77; no. 14; p. 7914
Main Authors:	Candotti, Daniel, Temple, Jillian, Sarkodie, Francis, Allain, Jean-Pierre
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.07.2003
Subjects:	Amino Acid Sequence Blood Donors Genetic Variation Genotype Ghana - epidemiology Hepacivirus - classification Hepacivirus - genetics Hepacivirus - isolation & purification Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood Hepatitis C, Chronic - epidemiology Hepatitis C, Chronic - virology Humans Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Prevalence RNA, Viral - blood Sequence Analysis, DNA Ghana
ISSN:	0022-538X
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