Background: During the years preceding this study, we noticed a relatively unusual high
number of individuals with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in O'Brien, a …

Background The impact of hepatitis C virus infection in Chile has not been well established.
Aim To assess hepatitis C virus infection in normal Chileans and in patients with liver …

Background. Approximately 180 million persons (∼ 2.8%) globally are estimated to be
infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV prevalence in Mexico has been estimated to be …

Aim: To make a preliminary determination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype prevalence
and possible genotype associations with risk factors and severity of associated liver disease …

Background/Aims: A unusually high rate of HCV-infected individuals in whom HCV genotype
cannot be ascertained by means of single PCR and LIPA procedures has recently been …

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the general pop... : European Journal of
Gastroenterology & Hepatology Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the general …

Background/Aim: The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence, risk factors and
genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the general population older than 5 years …

Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is the second cause of endstage liver disease in our country and
one of the main indications of liver transplantation. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype is the …

AIM: To study the subtype prevalence and the phylogenetic relatedness of hepatitis C virus
(HCV) sequences obtained from the Argentine general population, a large cohort of …

Background and aim. To identify the geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV)
genotypes and HCV RNA viral load in a large number of HCV-infected carriers in Mexico …