Nasir Khokhar, Naila Asif, Omar Khokhar.
Hepatitis C virus serotypes in chronic liver disease.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;18(2):156-9.

Objective: To determine the HCV sero-types in patients with chronic liver disease, secondary to chronic hepatitis C in Northern Pakistan. Methods: Patients with clinical features of chronic liver disease, elevated ALT, positive anti-HCV, and HCV RNA positive by PCR underwent HCV sero-type determination. Results: Out of 148 patients there are 95 (64.1%) patients who had HCV sero-type III. The second and third most common categories were untypable & HCV sero-type I. Females out numbered males. Conclusion: Patients with chronic liver disease due to HCV infection in this part of Pakistan had predominantly HCV sero-type III.

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