GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus infection in prostitutes: Possible role of sexual transmission

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-384

  Kao, J H ^a   Chen, W ^b   Chen, P J ^a   Lai, M Y ^a   Lin, R Y ^c   Chen, D S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Munic Venereal Dis Contr Inst   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

5' untranslated region; GB virus C hepatitis G virus; Prostitute; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TAIWAN;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0030739518     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199708)52:4<381::AID-JMV6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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