| prevalence and common genotypes of hcv infection in sudanese patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. | a cross-sectional hospital based study was carried out at the national center for gastrointestinal and liver disease in khartoum, sudan to determine the prevalence, common genotypes and risk factors for hepatitis c virus infection in sudanese patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. a total of 176 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis were tested for hcv antibodies and 4.5% of the samples were reactive. pcr was positive in 2.3% of cases and genotype 4 was the major genotype isolated wi ... | 2007 | 17607776 |