Distinct prevalence of antibodies to the E2 protein of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus in different parts of the world

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-106

  Ross, R S ^a   Viazov, S ^a,b   Schmitt, U ^c   Schmolke, S ^c   Tacke, M ^c   Ofenloch Haehnle, B ^c   Holtmann, M ^a   Muller N ^a   Da Villa, G ^d   Yoshida, C F ^e   Oliveira, J M ^e   Szabo, A ^a   Paladi, N ^f   Kruppenbacher, J P ^a   Philipp, Th ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d Ital Inst for Prev of Liver D   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; GBV C HGV anti E2; Genome heterogeneity; Genotypes; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BHUTAN; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLDOVA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031891188     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199802)54:2<103::AID-JMV6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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