Infection frequency of hepatitis C virus and IL28B haplotypes in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Kiribati.

Infection frequency of hepatitis C virus and IL28B haplotypes in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Kiribati.

It has been estimated that there are more than 60 million Hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers in the World Health Organisation's Western Pacific region (WHO-WPR), where liver cancer is among the top three causes of cancer death. WHO and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention report the...

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Main Authors: G L Abby Harrison, Jan Pryor, Joji Malani, Mathias Supuri, Andrew Masta, Burentau Teriboriki, Tebuka Toatu, David Penny, Jean-Pierre Allain, Eleanor Barnes, Oliver G Pybus, Paul Klenerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3748064?pdf=render

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