Reduced antibody reactivity to hepatitis C virus antigens in hemodialysis patients coinfected with hepatitis B virus

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 639-642

  Devesa, Marisol ^a   Khudyakov, Yury E ^b   Capriles, Freya ^c   Blitz, Linda ^d   Fields, Howard A ^b   Liprandi, Ferdinando ^a   Pujol, Flor H ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b U Hemodialisis Cronica de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 0030830629     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.6.639-642.1997     Document Type: Article

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