Hepatitis C virus seroconversion rate in a hyperendemic area of HCV in Japan: A prospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-347

  Fukuizumi, Kunitaka ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Hitoshi ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuchi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030724612     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011828     Document Type: Article

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