Low level or absent in vivo replication of hepatitis C virus and hepatitis G virus/GB virus C in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 705-714

  Mellor, Janet ^a   Haydon, Geoffrey ^a   Blair, Carol ^a   Livingstone, Wendy ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031902868     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-4-705     Document Type: Article

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