Infection with hepatitis G virus and its strain variant, the GB agent (GBV-C), among blood donors in Japan

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 657-663

  Yoshikawa, A ^a   Fukuda, S ^b   Itoh, K ^c   Kosaki, N ^d   Suzuki, T ^b   Hirakawa, K ^e   Nakao, H ^f   Inoue, T ^g   Fukuda, M ^h   Okamoto, H ^h  

^a Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^b Japan Red Cross Tochigi Blood Ctr   (Japan)

^c Japan Red Cross Yamaguchi Blood C   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^e Japanese Red Cross Yamaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^h JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0030915965     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37697335163.x     Document Type: Article

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