The Prevalence of Mixed Genotype Infections in Turkish Patients with Hepatitis C: a Multicentered Assessment

KÜLAH C., ALTINDİŞ M., AKYAR I., GÖKAHMETOĞLU S., Sayiner A., KALELİ İ., ...More

CLINICAL LABORATORY, vol.65, no.4, pp.485-490, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.7754/clin.lab.2018.180824
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL LABORATORY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.485-490
  • Keywords: HCV, genotypes, mixed genotypes, Turkey, multicenter, VIRUS-INFECTION, TURKEY
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: HCV virus infections are one of the major health problems in the world that can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer at a higher rate than other hepatitis data. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of mixed infections with different HCV genotypes in Turkey and also to evaluate the current HCV genot pe and subtype distributions by a multicentered assessment.