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Predominance of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b in Bulgaria

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  1. Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1000E1, K1A OL2, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    A. Andonov

  2. Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria

    P. Teoharov

  3. Institute of Hematology, Sofia, Bulgaria

    S. Bakalova

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Andonov, A., Teoharov, P. & Bakalova, S. Predominance of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b in Bulgaria. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 521–523 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01691324

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