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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Caused by Infrequent Exposure in China Should Be of Concern

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 81861138003 and 81672057).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Department of Zoonoses, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China

    Xin-Cheng Qin, Alexander Plyusnin & Yong-Zhen Zhang

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China

    Li-Hua Zhong & Li-Ying Zhu

  3. Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland

    Alexander Plyusnin

  4. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Yong-Zhen Zhang

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LYZ and YZZ designed the study. XCQ and LHZ performed the experiments. LHZ and LYZ collected clinical data in this study. XCQ, AP and YZZ analyzed the data. XCQ, AP and YZZ drafted the manuscript. All authors interpreted the results and approved the final manuscript.

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The investigation was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committees of the Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University and the Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Additional informed consent was obtained from all patients for which identifying information is included in this article.

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Qin, XC., Zhong, LH., Zhu, LY. et al. Hepatitis C Virus Infection Caused by Infrequent Exposure in China Should Be of Concern. Virol. Sin. 35, 481–485 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00191-4

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