Hepatitis C virus diversification in Argentina: comparative analysis between the large city of Buenos Aires and the small rural town of O'Brien.

BACKGROUND: The estimated prevalence of HCV infection in Argentina is around 2%. However, higher rates of infection have been described in population studies of small urban and rural communities. The aim of this work was to compare the origin and diversification of HCV-1b in samples from two differe...

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Main Authors: Marcelo D Golemba, Andrés C A Culasso, Federico G Villamil, Patricia Bare, Adrián Gadano, Ezequiel Ridruejo, Alfredo Martinez, Federico A Di Lello, Rodolfo H Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875501?pdf=render