Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Pinho, J R R ^a,b   Capacci, M L ^c   Da Silva, L C ^c   Carrilho, F J ^c   Santos, C A ^b   Pugliese, V ^c   Guz, B ^d   Levi, J E ^b,c   Ballarati, C A F ^b   Bernardini, A P ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Jardim Paulista   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GB virus; Hepatitis G; Hepatitis non A E; HGV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030132883     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651996000300016     Document Type: Article

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