Molecula epidemiology of C hepatitis in hepatitis patients in Hanoi city
- Author:
Tran Thanh Duong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epidemiology
- MeSH:
Hepatitis C;
Fibrosis;
Epidemiology, Molecular
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;472(2):17-22
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
323 patients with hepatitis and cirrhosis (244 males, 89 females admitted into the clinical Institute of Tropical diseases from Jan 2001 to August 2002 were studied on. Result showed that: in Hanoi, hepatitis patients were infected with C hepatitis virus of the types 1a, 1b, 6a. The incidence of various HCV genes was not different in deverse age groups, places, occupations, marital status of the patients, but the differences were noted according to the gender, the education level, the history of drug use and blood transfusion.
