Lack of evidence for the heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Neumayr, G ^a   Propst, A ^b   Schwaighofer, H ^b   Judmaier, G ^b   Vogel, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032857812     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.9.505     Document Type: Article

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