title: Hepatitis C virus genotype 6 infection in India.
abstract: We report two patients with chronic liver disease--a 46-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman, both from eastern India--who were found to be infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 6 strains. These strains have been previously reported only from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
authors.forename: Sukanya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raghuraman
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Gopalan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sridharan
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged