HCV Infection among Saudi Population: High Prevalence of Genotype 4 and Increased Viral Clearance Rate

• Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim ,

  * E-mail: asa@tu.edu.sa; , asa@bsu.edu.eg

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

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• Mohammad S. Bamaga,

  Affiliation Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Department of Molecular Pathology, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia

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• Gaber M. G. Shehab,

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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• Abdel-Aziz S. A. Abu-Elsaad,

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

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• Fayssal M. Farahat

  Affiliations Postgraduate Training and Research Center, Armed Forces Hospitals, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt

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