Sexual transmission of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-208

  Scallan, Martina F ^a   Clutterbuck, Dan ^b   Jarvis, Lisa M ^a   Scott, Gordon R ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti E2 ELISA; GBV C; Hepatitis C virus; HGV; Homosexual; Prostitute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SCOTLAND; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIREMIA;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0031813651     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199807)55:3<203::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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