| hepatitis c virus infection in the general population: a community-based study in west bengal, india. | limited information is available about the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in the general population of india. a community-based epidemiologic study was carried out in a district in west bengal, india. by a 1:3 sampling method, 3,579 individuals were preselected from 10,737 inhabitants of 9 villages of the district, of whom 2,973 (83.1%) agreed to participate. twenty-six subjects (0.87%) were hcv antibody positive. the prevalence increased from 0.31% in subjects < ... | 2003 | 12668973 |
| molecular epidemiology of hcv infection among acute and chronic liver disease patients in kolkata, india. | in recent years, hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is gaining importance in asian countries. recent studies conducted in different parts of the world revealed that there is a genotypic correlation of disease severity and treatment outcome. | 2005 | 15572005 |
| pattern of hepatitis c virus genotypes in hiv infected patients in rims, hospital, imphal, manipur. | the present study was carried out to find the pattern of genotype distribution of hepatitis c virus. twenty-three hepatitis c virus positive serum samples in various age-groups of both sexes attending, microbiology department, rims during the period from september 2002 to december 2004 were studied for hepatitis c genotype. these hcv positive serum samples were sent to national institute of cholera and enteric diseases, kolkata. the serum samples were tested for hcv-rna by qualitative rt-pcr tes ... | 2007 | 18338712 |