Hepatitis C virus genotype 6 infection in India.
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.
Raghuraman
Sukanya
S
Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Abraham
Priya
P
Sridharan
Gopalan
G
Ramakrishna
B S
BS
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