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. 1995 Apr;88(5):219-24.

[Serologic and genomic research by PCR of hepatitis C virus in different populations in Lomé (Togo)]

[Article in French]
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[Serologic and genomic research by PCR of hepatitis C virus in different populations in Lomé (Togo)]

[Article in French]
E Agbodjan et al. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

An epidemiological survey carried out on several groups at University Hospital of Lome showed that the prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies is 3.3 % among blood donors, 1.3 % in STD positive subjects and 6.1 % in hospitalized patients. The disparity of the HCV seropositivity rate was not statistically significant among HIV-infected and non-infected subjects (6.9 % vs 3.3 % respectively). The HCV RNA was most frequently recovered from patients, whose serological pattern was confirmed but also from 30 % of subjects, for whom the HCV serology was proved. This shows the limits of serological tests in Africa.

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