TY - JOUR AU - Ndong-Atome, Guy-Roger AU - Makuwa, Maria AU - Njouom, Richard AU - Branger, Michel AU - Brun-Vézinet, Francoise AU - Mahé, Antoine AU - Rousset, Dominique AU - Kazanji, Mirdad PY - 2008 DA - 2008/06/17 TI - Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genetic diversity among pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 82 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major global public health problem in both developed and developing countries. The prevalence and genetic diversity of HCV in pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa, is not known. We therefore evaluated the prevalence and the circulating genotypes of HCV in a large population cohort of pregnant women. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-82 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-8-82 ID - Ndong-Atome2008 ER -