Risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis C

Journal of Hepatology, Supplement

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Zeuzem, Stefan ^a,c   Teuber, Gerlinde ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^b   Rüster, Brigitte ^b   Kurt Roth, W ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCV genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequence analysis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0029793741     PISSN: 01695185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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