Core encoding sequences of Hepatitis C virus in Ghanaian blood donors are predominantly mosaics of different genotype 2 strains and cannot distinguish subtypes.

Nii-Trebi, Nicholas Israel; Brown, Charles Addoquaye; Osei, Yaa Difie; Ampofo, William Kwabena; Nyarko, Alexander Kwadwo

Nii-Trebi, Nicholas Israel; Brown, Charles Addoquaye; Osei, Yaa Difie; Ampofo, William Kwabena; Nyarko, Alexander Kwadwo.

Afiliação

Nii-Trebi NI; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. nntrebi@chs.edu.gh.
Brown CA; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Osei YD; Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Ampofo WK; Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Nyarko AK; Department of Clinical Pathology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. anyarko@noguchi.ug.edu.gh.

BMC Infect Dis ; 19(1): 533, 2019 Jun 17.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31208352

Assuntos

Doadores de Sangue; Hepacivirus/genética; Hepatite C/virologia; Estudos Transversais; Genótipo; Gana/epidemiologia; Hepacivirus/isolamento & purificação; Hepatite C/epidemiologia; Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite C/sangue; Humanos; Epidemiologia Molecular; Filogenia; Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase

Palavras-chave

Blood donors; Core gene; Genotype; Ghana; HCV; Molecular epidemiology; Seroprevalence

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doadores de Sangue / Hepatite C / Hepacivirus Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Infect Dis Assunto da revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Gana País de publicação: Reino Unido

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