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Infectious Disease

Hepatitis C virus genotype analysis in patients with chronic hepatitis in North Eastern Bulgaria

Zarina BradyMedical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria;
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Zhivka StoykovaDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria; ;Laboratory of Clinical Virology, University Hospital “St. Marina”, Varna, BulgariaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 146-149 | Received 07 Apr 2019, Accepted 07 Aug 2019, Published online: 09 Sep 2019

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