Positive and negative strand of hepatitis C virus RNA sequences in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C: No correlation with viral genotypes 1b, 2a, and 2b

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-274

  Kao, J H ^a   Chen, P J ^a   Lai, M Y ^a   Wang, T H ^a   Chen, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; HCV; Negative strand; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030790830     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199707)52:3<270::aid-jmv6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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