Systematic review of role of polymerase chain reaction in defining infectiousness among people infected with hepatitis C virus

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7104, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Dore, Gregory J ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a   McCaughan, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030759709     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7104.333     Document Type: Article

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