Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among female prostitutes in Fukuoka, Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 664-668

  Nakashima, Koya ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Urabe, Kunihiro ^b   Minami, Kikuo ^c   Maeda, Yoshiaki ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Urabe Clinic   (Japan)

^c Minami Clinic   (Japan)

^d Japanese Red Cross Kyushu Block Blood Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Prostitution; Risk factors; Sexual behavior; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TIME; VIRUS GENOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029857421     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347614     Document Type: Article

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