Journal article
Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in a Surgical Population of Southeast China: A Large‐Scale Multicenter Study
Abstract
Background: Chronic HCV infection affects 80 million people globally and may progress to advanced liver disease. The present study aims to investigate the present epidemiology of HCV infection in a southeastern Chinese surgical patient cohort.
Methods: Blood samples obtained from 78,484 surgical patients from 18 different city and county hospitals were enrolled. The incidence of serum HCV antibody positivity, HCV RNA load, and HCV genotyping, …
Authors
Chen P; Zheng Y; Cai Y; Zou P; Li N; Peng C; Gao H; Liu J; Chen Y; Tong Z
Journal
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 2020, No. 1,
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
April 15, 2020
DOI
10.1155/2020/8219536
ISSN
2291-2789