Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in CD19 peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronically infected patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1209-1214

  Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^a   Meroni, Luca ^b   De Maddalena, Chiara ^b   Varchetta, Stefania ^b   Monti, Giuseppe ^b   Galli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030830876     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514114     Document Type: Article

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