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HCV non-1b genotypes in injecting drug users from Romania

Author(s) -

Simona Ruță,

Camelia Sultana,

Cristiana Oprea,

Codruţa Vagu,

Emanoil Ceaușu,

C Cernescu

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.7019

Subject(s) - medicine , genotype , epidemiology , hepatitis c , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , hepatitis c virus , intravenous drug , immunology , viral disease , virus , biology , pharmacology , gene , biochemistry

Chronic hepatitis C cases diagnosed in Romania were mostly related to unsafe parenteral treatments and blood transfusions; HCV genotype 1b was prevalent. During the last decade, an increasing number of HCV infections was reported among people who inject drugs (PWID). The aim of the current study was to test if this epidemiological shift triggered a diversification of the circulating viral strains.

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