Hepatitis GBV-C sequences in patients infected with HCV contaminated anti-D immunoglobulin and among i.v. drug users in Germany

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 385-389

  Schreier, Eckart ^a   Höhne, Marina ^a   Künkel, Udo ^a   Berg, Thomas ^b   Hopf, Uwe ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti D immunoglobulin; GBV C; HCV; IVDU; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0030248308     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80126-7     Document Type: Article

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