Challenges to Differentiate Hepatitis C Genotype 1 and 6: Results from A Field-Study in Cambodia.

Introduction: We aim to report on results and challenges of different methods used for hepatitis C (HCV) genotyping in a Cambodian HCV/HIV coinfection project.

Methods: Samples of 106 patients were available. HCV genotyping was initially (63 samples) done by the LightPower Taqman real-time PCR method (Viet A Corp.