Detection of GBV-C/HGV RNA in saliva and serum, but not in urine of infected patients

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-41

  Seemayer, C A ^a   Viazov, S ^a   Philipp, T ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; URINE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0031965614     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02768751     Document Type: Article

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