UPDATED HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE DISTRIBUTION IN ADANA, TURKEY AND AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GENOTYPE AND VIRAL RNA LOAD

Creative Commons License

Unal N., Bayik S. A., Erdem F., Kucukcan A.

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.37, no.6, pp.3303-3308, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.19193/0393-6384_2021_6_518
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.3303-3308
  • Keywords: HCV (hepatitis C virus), HCV RNA, genotyping, Adana, Turkey, BLOOD-DONORS, HCV, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTION, ISTANBUL, REGIONS, RISK, 1B
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: The management and treatment approach of chronic hepatitis C infection are closely related with HCV genotypes. In this study, we aimed to examine the HCV genotype distribution in Adana.