Mother-to-infant transmission occurs more frequently with GB virus C than hepatitis C virus

Archives of Virology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Hino, K ^a,e   Moriya, T ^b   Ohno, N ^c   Takahashi, K ^d   Hoshino, H ^a   Ishiyama, N ^a   Katayama, K ^b   Yoshizawa, H ^b   Mishiro, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ohno Gastroenterology Clinic   (Japan)

^d Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^e Hepatitis Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031884740     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050268     Document Type: Article

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