BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a causative agent of chronic liver disease,
cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In Pakistan, more than 10 million people are living …

Background The variability within the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome has formed the basis
for several genotyping methods and used widely for HCV genotyping worldwide. Aim The …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of chronic hepatitis worldwide and its
subtypes/genotypes are clinically important for clinical management and vaccine …

Background: Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) genotypes may be changed over time.
Epidemiological Studies on distribution patterns of HCV genotypes in Pakistani population …

Background and aim Phylogenetic analysis has led to the classification of hepatitis C virus
(HCV) into 1-6 major genotypes. HCV genotypes have different biological properties, clinical …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) shows substantial nucleotide sequence diversity distributed
throughout the viral genome, with many variants showing only 68–79% overall sequence …

HCV isolates from around the world show substantial nucleotide sequence variability
throughout the viral genome. Based on the identification of these genome differences …

Six major Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and hundreds of subtypes have been identified
globally. All these genotypes are generally studied for epidemiology, their vaccine …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem in Egypt, where the
seroprevalence is 10–20-fold higher than that in the United States. To characterize the HCV …

Information regarding the changing pattern in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes/subtypes
and resulting disease outcome is not well known. The specific objective of this study was to …