Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection and risk factor analysis in the Hebei Province, China.

BACKGROUND: In 1985, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak caused by plasmapheresis donation was reported in the Hebei Province, China. However, studies assessing the epidemic features and risk factors of HCV in the general population of Hebei have been limited until now. METHODS: The multicenter clust...

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Main Authors: Yuliang Zhao, Liping Shen, Jingchen Ma, Zhao Gao, Xu Han, Shunxiang Qi, Qi Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3777954?pdf=render