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- Title
Hepatitis C virus genotype 4 in Ugandan children and their mothers.
- Authors
Biggar, Robert J.; Ortiz-Conde, Betty A.; Bagni, Rachel K.; Bakaki, Paul M.; Cheng-Dian Wang; Engels, Eric A.; Mbulaiteye, Sam M.; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Wang, Cheng-Dian
- Abstract
In Kampala, Uganda, in 2001, hepatitis C virus antibodies were found in 27 (4%) of 603 children and in 62 (12%) of 525 of their mothers. However, only approximately 10% of positive results were confirmed by reverse transcription-PCR, which suggests frequent false-positive results or viral clearance. All sequenced types were genotype 4.
- Subjects
UGANDA; HEPATITIS C virus; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; JUVENILE diseases; POLYMERASE chain reaction; TRANSCRIPTION factors
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 9, p1440
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1209.041068