Hepatitis C and the absence of genomic data in low-income countries: a barrier on the road to elimination?

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol

MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK. Electronic address:

Published: October 2017

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