Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infections in liver disease patients and inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Kakumu, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Katsuhiko ^b   Morishita, Takayuki ^b   Anh, Trinh Kim ^c   Binh, Nguyen Huu ^c   Dien, Banh Vu ^c   Chinh, Do Huu ^d   Phuc, Nguyen Huu ^d   Van Thinh, Nguyen ^d   Trinh, Le Tuyet ^d   Yamamoto, Naohiko ^e   Nakao, Haruhisa ^f   Isomura, Shin ^e  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Department of Infectious Disease   (Japan)

^d Ctr for Prev Med of Lamdong Prov   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; VIET NAM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIETNAM;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031896851     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199804)54:4<243::AID-JMV2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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