Hepatitis C virus in Zimbabwe
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1997-05Author
Gangaidzo, I.T.
Moyo, V.M.
Khumalo, H.
Saungweme, T.
Zar Gomo
Rouault, T.
Gordeuk, V.R.
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Abstract
Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe, accounting for more than six per cent of the deaths in three medical wards of Harare Central Hospital (IT Gangaidzo, 1994, unpublished observations). In western countries, HCV infection is the most common cause of chronic viral hepatitis and ranks a slight second below chronic alcoholism as a cause of cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatoma