High rate of hepatitis C virus infection and predominance of genotype 4 among elderly inhabitants of a remote village of the rain forest of South Cameroon

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-225

  Njouom, Richard ^a,b   Pasquier, Christophe ^b   Ayouba, Ahidjo ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^c   Froment, Alain ^d   Mfoupouendoun, Jermie ^a   Pouillot, Regis ^a   Dubois, Martine ^b   Sandres Sauné, Karine ^b   Thonnon, Jocelyn ^a   Izopet, Jacques ^b   Nerrienet, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c Institut Pasteur   (France)

^d IRD Centre d'Orleans   (France)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HCV; Prevalence; Southern Cameroon; Viremia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0041353960     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10473     Document Type: Article

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