HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPES IN IRAQ

This study included 210 Hepatitis C Virus(HCV) infected patients 150 males and 60 females with an range of 3-50 years, they are 100 patients from thalassemic HCV infected, 100 patients from chronic liver disease HCV infected, and 10 persons from blood donors HCV infected. The study show 94(94%),85(85%),80(80%)from thalassemic and chronic liver disease and blood donors HCV infected carrier the HCV, genotype (4) respectively, and 5(5%), 10(10%). 20(20%) respectively carrier 1b genotype and 1(1%),5(5%)from thalassemic and chronic liver disease HCV infected respectively carrier mixed genotype (1b and 4). While 2(20%) from blood donor HCV infected HCV carrier 1b genotypes