Detection and clinical features of hepatitis C virus type 6 infections in blood donors from Hong Kong

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-175

  Prescott, L E ^a   Simmonds, P ^b   Lai, C L ^d   Chan, N K ^d   Pike, I ^c   Yap, P L ^a   Lin, C K ^d  

^a Edinburgh S E Scotland Blood T   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Murex Biotech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfus ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Genotypes; HCV; Serotypes; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS TYPE 6; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0029862049     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199610)50:2<168::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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