Hepatitis C virus Infection among Patients at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan: Genotypes Distribution, RNA sequence Variation, Risk Factors and Co-morbidities

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Siti Nurul Fazlin, Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/3/Fazlin_abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/4/poster.ppt; http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/6/Poster_Presentations_for_Day_1_and_day_2.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/7/Certificate.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/11/Cover_page_abstract_book.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/47612/; http://www.mymicro.org/icmsm2015.php

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping is very important for the clinical management of HCV-infected patients. HCV strains demonstrate a high degree of genetic heterogeneity. The 5’ un-translated region (5’UTR) of HCV is the most highly conserved region of the virus genome, making this region ideal targ...