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Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen that can cause acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently, partial and entire sequence data from HCV isolates have been reported, suggesting various genotypes of HCV. The genotype may be correlated with the progression of hepatitis and maybe a prognostic marker of treatment. Thus, the availability of an assay for typing HCV RNA is important. This study developed a convenient method for genotyping HCV into six groups by PCR-RFLP with four restriction endonucleases (UI, III, I, I) in the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) of HCV. The HCV genotypes from 169 patients with HCV infections in Korea were analysed. Two genotypes, type 1b and type 2a, accounted for 47.3% and 42.6% of HCV infections, respectively.

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