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Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injecting Drug Users in the Czech Republic – Prevalence and Associated Factors

2006 • 21 citations

Little evidence that hepatitis C virus leads to a higher risk of mortality in the absence of cirrhosis and excess alcohol intake: the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study

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1999 • 19 citations

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype analysis in apparently healthy anti‐ HCV‐positive Parisian blood donors

1996 • 19 citations

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Evaluation of third-generation assays for detection of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and comparison with presence of HCV RNA in blood donors reactive to c100-3 antigen

1994 • 19 citations

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Employees of a Large University Hospital in Israel

2001 • 18 citations

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1992 • 18 citations

Seroprevalence of hepatitis A, B and C markers in Greek warship personnel.

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Effect of preventive applications on prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections in West Turkey.

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Epidemiological and clinical aspects of hepatitis C virus infection in the Russian Republic of Daghestan.

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Evaluation of the French national plan to promote screening and early management of viral hepatitis C, between 1997 and 2003: a comparative cross-sectional study in Poitou-Charentes region

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1998 • 14 citations

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1997 • 14 citations

Investigation of the genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus among Turkish population in Turkey and various European countries.

2005 • 14 citations

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1996 • 13 citations

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A study of Israeli blood donors, asymptomatic carriers of hepatitis C virus, in relation to liver disease, cryoglobulinemia and transmission.

1995 • 13 citations

Dépistage des marqueurs des infections transmissibles par transfusion sur les dons collectés en France de 1996 à 1998

2000 • 13 citations

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2003 • 13 citations

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1994 • 12 citations

Assessment and proposal of a new combination of screening criteria for hepatitis C in France

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1996 • 12 citations

Prevalence and Estimated Incidence of Blood-Borne Viral Pathogen Infection in Organ and Tissue Donors from Northern Alberta

2006 • 12 citations

Hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients and blood donors--Quebec.

1995 • 11 citations

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1991 • 11 citations

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses, HIV, and syphilis infections among engaged couples.

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Epidemiology of viral infections in the Swedish blood-donor population

1994 • 10 citations

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2002 • 10 citations

A comparative study of two third-generation anti-hepatitis C virus ELISAs.

1998 • 10 citations

Acute hepatitis C in Israel: A predominantly iatrogenic disease?

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1991 • 9 citations

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in a Spanish Liver Transplant Unit

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1999 • 9 citations

The prevalence of hepatitis C in a community-based population, Ontario, 1996.

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1993 • 9 citations

Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Hungarian and Austrian patients with chronic hepatitis C

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Characteristics of HCV positive patients in an Italian urban psychiatric unit.

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Evaluation of anti-HCV positive blood donors identified during routine screening

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Epidemiology of hepatitis C in central Portugal. Prevalence of anti-HCV in the population of the Coimbra District.

1994 • 6 citations

The prevalence of the owner of serologic markers for the hepatitis C virus, in a north-eastern territory of Romania.

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Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence in the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes

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Analysis of the shift of the transmission pattern for hepatitis C in a community in Central Italy.

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Impact of Advanced Fibrosis and Cirrhosis on Sustained Virologic Response of HCV G1-Infected Patients: Results of The Canadian POWeR Program

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1993 • 4 citations

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1990 • 4 citations

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Clinical and epidemiological assessment of hepatitis C virus infection among voluntary blood donors.

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1995 • 2 citations

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1992 • 2 citations

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1996 • 2 citations

Hepatitis C in Poland in 2004

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Intrauterine device use does not increase the incidence of anti-hepatitis C seropositivity among monogamous women in Turkey

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Hepatitis C in Poland in 2006

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Hepatitis C in Poland in 2008

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2005 • 1 citations

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