Hepatitis C virus is frequently coinfected with serum marker-negative hepatitis B virus: Probable replication promotion of the former by the latter as demonstrated by in vitro cotransfection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-405

  Uchida, Toshikazu ^a,c   Kaneita, Yoshitaka ^a   Gotoh, Kenichiro ^b   Kanagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Kouyama, Harukazu ^b   Kawanishi, Teruaki ^b   Mima, Satoaki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Inazumi Park Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Mutation; Transfection; X gene

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030844603     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199708)52:4<399::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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