Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission between spouses remains poorly characterized,
largely due to the limited availability of samples from the early stage of infection, as well as …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission has decreased with the adoption of universal blood
donor screening and social policies to reduce the risk of infection in intravenous drug users …

Objective: Unsafe injections and transfusions used during treatments are considered to be
responsible for many cases of transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in developing …

A married couple who developed hepatitis was referred to our hospital. The husband was
diagnosed with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection based on HCV RNA positivity and …

Background Intra-host hepatitis C virus (HCV) populations are genetically heterogeneous
and organized in subpopulations. With the exception of blood transfusions, transmission of …

Transfer of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection from a donor to a new recipient is associated
with a bottleneck of genetic diversity in the transmitted viral variants. Existing data suggests …

In this study, the first complete genome sequences for hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes 6f,
6i, 6j and 6m, obtained from infected blood donors in Chiang Mai, Thailand, are reported …

Results All eight patients were infected with genotype Ib HCV. The sequences of eight to ten
clones of HCV HVR1 in each patient showed quasispecies nature of HCV. Moreover, the …

To examine the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission between patients infected with
HCV and their household members (siblings, offspring and parents), as well as their stable …

Background/Aim: Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is well established but its
incidence is low. To assess the molecular evidence of mother-to-infant transmission or …