Hepatitis B virus DNA is frequently found in liver biopsy samples from hepatitis C virus-infected chronic hepatitis patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-255

  Koike, Katsuro ^a   Kobayashi, Midori ^a   Gondo, Morio ^b   Hayashi, Izumi ^b   Osuga, Toshiaki ^b   Takada, Shinako ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti HBc antibody; HBV co infection; HBV DNA; HCV infection; HCV infected hepatitis tissue

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031944410     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199804)54:4<249::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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