Correlation Study Between HCV Genotypes Distribution Pattern and Viral Load in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kolkata, India

Autor: Debojyoti Bhattacharjee, Kheya Mukherjee, Goutam Chakroborti, Ranadeep Ghosh, Nabarun Mandal, Mohua Bose
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp DC15-DC17 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12701.5977
Popis: Background: Hepatitis C virus infection is a leading cause for chronic liver disease. It has wide population specific genotype variability. Genotype knowledge and viral load assessment are equally important for designing therapeutic strategies and as predictors of treatment outcome among hepatitis C (HCV) infected patients. Materials and Methods: Between June 2012 and 2013 an observational study was conducted among 350 chronic hepatitis patients visiting Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India. Among them, 110 anti-HCV antibody positive cases were diagnosed and subjected to viral RNA extraction, viral genotyping and viral load quantification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based techniques. Statistical Analysis: Statistical analysis was done with IBM SPSS Statistics software, version 20. p-value
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