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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus among injection drug users in Iran: a slight change in prevalence of HCV genotypes over time

✍ Scribed by Katayoun Samimi-Rad, Mohsen Nasiri Toosi, Ali Masoudi-nejad, Ali Najafi, Ramin Rahimnia, Fatemeh Asgari, Alireza Namazi Shabestari, Gholamreza Hassanpour, Seyed-Moayed Alavian, Freshteh Asgari

Book ID: 118252126
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 226 KB
Volume: 157
Category: Article
ISSN: 1432-8798
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1369-9

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