The influence of age on the prevalence of hepatitis C virus subtypes 1a and 1b

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 685-688

  Feucht, Heinz Hubert ^a   Schröter, Matthias ^b   Zöllner, Bernhard ^b   Polywka, Susanne ^b   Nolte, Hartmut ^b   Laufs, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0031037264     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.3.685     Document Type: Article

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