Transmission of GBV-C/HGV from drug-addicted mothers to their babies

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Viazov, Sergei ^a   Riffelmann, Marion ^a   Sarr, Silke ^a   Ballauff, Antje ^b   Meisel, Helga ^c   Roggendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GBV C; HGV; Mother to infant transmission

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030797451     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80284-X     Document Type: Article

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