High prevalence of GBV-C hepatitis G virus infection in a rural South African population

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-228

  Tucker, Timothy J ^a   Louw, Stephen J ^a   Robson, Simon C ^b   Isaacs, Sedick ^c   Kirsch, Ralph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GBV C; HGV; Prevalence; RT PCR; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEPATITIS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031420173     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199711)53:3<225::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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