Prevalence and genotyping of hepatitis C virus in blood donors in the state of Pará, Northern Brazil

Prevalence and genotyping of hepatitis C virus in blood donors in the state of Pará, Northern Brazil

Given the scarcity of epidemiological information on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Northern Brazil, we determined the prevalence and genotypic frequency in blood donors in the state of Pará (PA). Blood samples from all of the blood donors at the Fundação HEMOPA (blood bank of PA) from 2004-20...

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Main Authors: Aldemir B Oliveira-Filho, Adriana SC Pimenta, Márcia FM Rojas, Márcia CM Chagas, José Ângelo B Crescente, Deborah M Crespo, José Alexandre R Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2010-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
HCV
epidemiology
blood donors
Pará
Northern Brazil
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