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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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HCV activity in an isolated community in north east India.
A C Phukan, S K Sharma, H K Das, J Mahanta
Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, (ICMR), Dibrugarh
Correspondence Address:
A C Phukan
Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, (ICMR), Dibrugarh
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PMID: 12035349 
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Prevalence of anti-HCV among the people at risk and general population were reported across the globe. We investigated HCV activity among the members of "Lisu" community settled in a remote and isolated area of Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh during 1999-2000. The families were scattered with 380 households. Blood samples were collected from 76 (35 males and 45 females) apparently healthy individuals from randomly selected 10% families. Sera were processed for detection for antibody to HCV by using 3rd generation ELISA kit. All the persons were within the age of 18-98 years and 75% of them were uneducated and 92% were cultivators. The prevalence of anti-HCV was found to be very high (7.89%). Since the HCV activity is high in an isolated community, transmission dynamics study will be interesting for this epidemiologically important viral disease. |
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