… In summary, we have identified a small rural community with high prevalence of HCV genotype
1b infection in Argentina. Similar HCV epidemiological profiles to the one observed in O'…

… of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection close to 2%. In addition, a high prevalence of HCV
has been recently reported in different Argentinean small rural communities. In this work, we …

… patients from this small community required liver transplantation … 1999 that revealed a high
prevalence of HCV infection (5.7%) … viremia had genotype 1b infection with a single restriction …

… one in NS5B almost entirely (19 sequences from Argentina … HCV-1 infected patients detected
a high prevalence of known … (Capital of Argentina) and the metropolitan area. Nevertheless, …

… HCV prevalence, genotypes, and risk factors in Central West … million have a chronic hepatitis
C virus (HCV) infection [1, 2]. … groups, with the highest prevalence found in Mendoza County …

… (Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina) G2 shows a significantly … Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection is one of the main global … latter largely driven by its high prevalence in South Asia (66.7…

… groups or genotypes (named 1 to 6), and a large number of … , in the infected individual, the
virus circulates as a complex viral … in small communities, or even higher rates among highly …

… Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health … genotypes whose prevalence
varies geographically. This … 54.6%, with a high rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV …

… , higher rates of infection have been described in population studies of small urban and rural
communities… observed that HCV prevalence ranges from 1.0 to 2.3% and that genotype 1 is …

… of genotype 1, 18% genotype 3, 12% genotype 2, and small propor… , especially in areas of
highest prevalence. Stratification by … genotype prevalence could be affected, therefore, if one …