Prevalence and genotype of hepatitis G virus in Chinese professional blood donors and hepatitis patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1229-1233

  Wang, Hai Lin ^a   Jin, Dong Yan ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Institute of Virology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030898788     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593676     Document Type: Article

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