| the epidemiology of hepatitis c in turkey. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) and hepatitis e virus (hev) are the principal causes of non-a, non-b hepatitis worldwide, and in turkey one-third of the cases of acute hepatitis are non-a, non-b. to explore the epidemiology of hcv in turkey (including the association of hcv with hev), a seroprevalence study of hcv was conducted. sera from residents from five distinct regions of the country were tested for antibodies to hcv (anti-hcv) and hev (anti-hev). anti-hcv was detected in 21 (1.5%) of 1,374 person ... | 1994 | 7698839 |