Research Article

Genetic diversity in hepatitis C virus in Egypt and possible association with hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of General Virology 2007; 88(5):1526 · https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.82626-0

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Abstract

1 Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2 International Health Division, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA
3 Department of Microbiology, Minia University, Egypt
4 National Liver Institute, Menoufia, Egypt
5 Department of Medical Microbiology, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
6 National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
7 Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
8 Lombardi Cancer Centre, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
9 Department of Virology, Immunology and Vaccinology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, and Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden