COMPARATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS-INFECTION IN ASIAN COUNTRIES
Abstract
Morbidity of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infection, HCV genotypes, epidemic situation features in Asia in consideration of climate-geographic, racial and economic characteristics of the territories were analyzed on the basis of E-library, PubMed and Scopus databases including 254 original manuscripts. Hepatitis C has a major economic burden in Asian countries with low gross domestic product.
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S. I. Malov
Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk
Россия
Россия
L. S. Orlova
Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk
Россия
Россия
M. V. Zarubin
Irkutsk Regional Hemotransfusion station, Irkutsk
Россия
Россия
E. D. Savilov
Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduated Education, Irkutsk
Россия
Россия
I. V. Malov
Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk
Россия
Россия
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Malov S.I., Orlova L.S., Zarubin M.V., Savilov E.D., Malov I.V. COMPARATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS-INFECTION IN ASIAN COUNTRIES. Far Eastern Journal of Infectious Pathology. 2014;(24):87-90. (In Russ.)
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