Hepatitis c plasma viral load is associated with HCV genotype but not with HIV coinfection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-343

  Berger, A ^a   Depka Prondzinski, M V ^b   Doerr, H W ^a   Rabenau, H ^a   Weber, B ^a,c  

^a Inst für Med Virologie   (Germany)

^b Angiologische Ambulanz   (Germany)

^c Laboratoire Lieners et Hastert   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

HCV genotypes; HCV RNA; PCR; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0029988067     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199604)48:4<339::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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