Prevalence and risk factor analysis of GBV-C/HGV infection in prostitutes

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-85

  Wu, Jaw Ching ^a,b   Sheng, Wen Yung ^a,b   Huang, Yi Hsiang ^a,b   Hwang, Shing Jang ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

flavivirus; hepatitis C virus; sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COITUS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TAIWAN; TATTOOING;

FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030966580     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199705)52:1<83::AID-JMV13>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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