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Challenges to Differentiate Hepatitis C Genotype 1 and 6: Results from A Field-Study in Cambodia.
different methods used for hepatitis C (HCV) genotyping in a Cambodian HCV / HIV coinfection project. METHODS: Samples of 106 patients were available. HCV genotyping was initially (63 samples) done by the ...
Epidemiology and genotype 3 subtype dynamics of hepatitis E virus in Belgium, 2010 to 2017.
past decade in many European countries. Since 2010, the National Reference Centre (NRC) for Hepatitis Viruses has been testing samples of suspected hepatitis E cases in Belgium.AimIn this surveillance ...
Low hepatitis C prevalence in Belgium: implications for treatment reimbursement and scale up.
clustered sampling. RESULTS: In total 3209 specimens, collected by 28 laboratories, were tested. HCV seropositivity in the Belgian general population was estimated to be 0.22% (95% CI: 0.09-0.54%), and prevalence of ...
Hepatitis E virus serology and PCR: does the methodology matter?
quality control (EQC) samples. In a period of 39 months (January 2011-April 2014), 70 patients were enrolled. Using different ELISA assays, the prevalence of antibodies varied from 5.7% to 14.3% for HEV IgM ...
Stable HEV IgG seroprevalence in Belgium between 2006 and 2014.
trends in birth cohort-specific HEV seroprevalence and regional differences in Belgium. HEV IgG seroprevalence was analysed on national serum banks (1579 and 2087 samples for 2006 and 2014, respectively. ...