Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus: A Preliminary Study in Volunteer Blood Donors

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 49-53

  Stevens, Cladd E ^a   Taylor, Patricia E ^a   Pindyck, Johanna ^b   Choo, Qui Lim ^d   Bradley, Daniel W ^c   Kuo, George ^d   Houghton, Michael ^d  

^a Wolf Szmuness Laboratory of Epidemiology The New York ^*  (United States)

^b INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; MARKER;

AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025190801     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440010047028     Document Type: Article

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