Hepatitis G virus in multitransfused thalassaemics from India

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 902-906

  Panigrahi, Aswini K ^a   Saxena, Alka ^a   Acharya, Subrat K ^a   Panda, Subrat K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Genome; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Prevalence; Thalassaemics

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031721607     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00759.x     Document Type: Article

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