Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Colonial Cameroon
Author(s) -
Jacques Pépin,
Myriam Lavoie,
Oliver G. Pybus,
Régis Pouillot,
Yacouba Foupouapouognigni,
Dominique Rousset,
AnnieClaude Labbé,
Richard Njouom
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/656233
Subject(s) - virology , hepatitis c virus , medicine , virus , transmission (telecommunications) , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hepacivirus , hepatitis b virus , flaviviridae , immunology , electrical engineering , engineering
In southern Cameroon, where SIV(cpz), the source of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) group M, is prevalent among wild chimpanzees, approximately 50% of some human birth cohorts have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) through unclear mechanisms.
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