Routes of transmission of hepatitis C virus in an endemic rural area of Japan. Molecular epidemiologic study of hepatitis C virus infection

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Noguchi, Seiji ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^b   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL PATIENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030938531     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709008659     Document Type: Article

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