Detection of hepatitis G virus RNA in patients with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and non-A-E hepatitis by RT-PCR using multiple primer sets

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-390

  Zhang, X H ^a   Shinzawa, H ^a   Shao, L ^a   Ishibashi, M ^a   Saito, K ^a   Ohno, S ^a   Yamada, N ^a   Misawa, H ^a   Togashi, H ^a   Takahashi, T ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GB virus C; HBV carrier; HCV; HGV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA PRIMERS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030832308     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199708)52:4<385::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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