GB virus C prevalence in blood donors and high risk groups for parenterally transmitted agents from Gauteng, South Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Casteling, Alison ^a,c   Song, Ernie ^a   Sim, John ^a   Blaauw, Duane ^a   Heyns, Anthon ^b   Schweizer, Rose ^a   Margolius, Larry ^a   Kuun, Eben ^b   Field, Steve ^b   Schoub, Barry ^a   Vardas, Eftyhia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b South African Blood Transfusion Service   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; GBV C; Parenteral; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031921166     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199806)55:2<103::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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