Hepatitis C Virus Infection in an Area Hyperendemic for Hepatitis B and Chronic Liver Disease: The Taiwan Experience

Chen, Ding‐Shinn; Kuo, George; L Sung, J; Lai, Ming‐Wei; Sheu, Jin‐Chuan; Chen, Pei‐Jer; Yang, Pei‐Ming; Hsu, Hong‐Ming; Chang, Mei‐Hwei; Chen, C.-J.; Hahn, Liang-Jlunn; Choo, Q.-L.; Wang, T.-H.; Houghton, M.

doi:10.1093/infdis/162.4.817

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Hepatitis C Virus Infection in an Area Hyperendemic for Hepatitis B and Chronic Liver Disease: The Taiwan Experience

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Oct 1, 1990

Authors:

Ding‐Shinn Chen

George Kuo

J L Sung

Abstract

To assess the contribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in liver disease in Taiwan, antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) was studied by radioimmunoassay in 392 patients with chronic liver disease and in 440 healthy adults and 444 subjects at risk. The anti-HCV prevalence was 0.95% in 420 volunteer blood donors,...

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Family medicine

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