Injecting drug use: A vector for the introduction of new hepatitis C virus genotypes.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on October 14, 2015

Authors

Simona Ruta1, Costin Cernescu1

Author Affiliations

1: Simona Ruta, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, 030304 Bucharest, Romania.

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