Morocco underwent a drift of circulating hepatitis C virus subtypes in recent decades

Archives of Virology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-520

  Brahim, Ikram ^a   Akil, Abdelah ^a   Mtairag, El Mostafa ^b   Pouillot, Régis ^c   Malki, Abdelouhad El ^a   Nadir, Salwa ^d   Alaoui, Rhimou ^d   Njouom, Richard ^e   Pineau, Pascal ^f   Ezzikouri, Sayeh ^a   Benjelloun, Soumaya ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b Université HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c CHU Ibn Rochd ^*  (United States)

^d IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^e CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Genotype; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Morocco; Subtype 1b

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84857799125     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1193-7     Document Type: Article

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