Prevalence of hepatitis G virus in Queensland blood donors

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 369-371

  Moaven, Len D ^a   Hyland, Catherine A ^a   Young, Ian F ^a   Bowden, D Scott ^a   McCaw, Rhonda ^a   Mison, Leigh ^a   Locarnini, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; DISEASE CARRIER; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029811293     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb125019.x     Document Type: Article

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