Spread of hepatitis C virus infection within families

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Caporaso, N ^a,d   Ascione, A ^b   Stroffolini, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HCV spreading; Household contacts; Risk factors; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSES;

EID: 0031851856     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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