Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 in Ugandan Children and Their Mothers

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Biggar, Robert J. ; Ortiz-Conde, Betty A. ; Bagni, Rachel K. ; Bakaki, Paul M. ; Wang, Cheng-Dian ; Engels, Eric A. ; Mbulaiteye, Sam M. ; Ndugwa, Christopher M.
• Description:
  In Kampala, Uganda, in 2001, hepatitis C virus antibodies were found in 27 (4%) of 603 children and in 62 (12%) of 525 of their mothers. However, only approximately 10% of positive results were confirmed by reverse transcription-PCR, which suggests frequent false-positive results or viral clearance. All sequenced types were genotype 4.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anemia, Sickle Cell Blood Transfusion Child Child, Preschool Female Genotype Hepacivirus Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Antibodies Humans Infant Male Molecular Sequence Data Mothers Phylogeny Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Rna, Viral Sequence Analysis, DNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(9):1440-1443.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5bee61ff3ee43bb7e1d4890f92252894aa14e0ec9f3b7d880b2f1c675b53aa67
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15750/cdc_15750_DS1.pdf
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