GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus infection in Taiwan: A virus that fails to cause a disease?

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-225

  Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flaviviridae; GB virus C; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis G virus; RNA virus

Indexed keywords

FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TAIWAN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0032787953     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02253563     Document Type: Review

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