Infection with GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients and blood donors in Beijing

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-30

  Wang, Yu ^a   Chen, Hong Song ^a   Fan, Min Hua ^a   Liu, Hui Lan ^b   An, Ping ^c   Sawada, Naoto ^d   Tanaka, Takeshi ^e   Tsuda, Fumio ^f   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^g  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Otolaryngology of Chinese PLA   (China)

^d Institute of Immunology Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^f Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

epidemiology; hemodialysis; hepatitis C virus; hepatitis viruses; transfusion; viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

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

EID: 0031006219     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199705)52:1<26::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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