title: [Serologic and genomic research by PCR of hepatitis C virus in different populations in Lomé (Togo)].
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.
authors.affiliation: Départment de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agbodjan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prince-David
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nicot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dagnra
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D014037:Togo
chemical_list: D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral
vernacular_title: Recherche sérologique et génomique par PCR du virus de l'hépatite C dans différentes populations à Lomé (Togo).