Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C vi
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Katayoun Samimi-Rad; Rakhshandeh Nategh; Reza Malekzadeh; Helene Norder; Lars Ma
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes were determined in 125 Iranian patients by phylogenetic analysis within the NS5B or 5′‐UTR/core regions. Subtypes 1a and 3a were predominant accounting for 47 and 36%, whereas 1b and 4 accounted for 8 and 7%. This subtype distribution differs from that o