Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis C virus isolates from hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 896-902

  Zeuzem, Stefan ^a   Scheuermann, Ernst H ^b   Waschk, Dorothee ^b   Lee, Jung Hun ^b   Blaser, Christof ^b   Franke, Alexa ^b   Roth, W Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029932803     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.123     Document Type: Article

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