Open AccessHepatitis C virus genotypes and viremia in a tertiary hospital in Istanbul, Turkey
Author(s) -
Sema Alaçam,
Ayfer Bakır,
Aysel Karatas
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
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.15256
Subject(s) - viremia , genotype , hepatitis c virus , virology , medicine , hepatitis c , epidemiology , hepacivirus , viral load , virus , immunology , biology , gene , genetics
The World Health Organization estimates that 71 million people with chronic HCV infection lived worldwide in 2015. HCV is a globally prevalent pathogen, that genotype1 is the most common. In this study, the prevalence of anti-HCV, distributions of HCV genotype, and viremia rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C were evaluated.