High prevalence of GB virus C infection in a group of Italian patients with hepatitis of unknown etiology

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-183

  Fiordalisi, Gianfranco ^b   Zanella, Isabella ^b   Mantero, Giovanni ^b   Bettinardi, Alessandra ^b   Stellini, Roberto ^b   Paraninfo, Giuseppe ^b   Cadeo, Gianpietro ^b   Primi, Daniele ^a  

^a Consorzio Per le Biotecnologie ^*  (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0030036704     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.181     Document Type: Article

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