Risk and clearance of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection in homosexual men: A longitudinal study

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-306

  Stark, Klaus ^a   Doering, Carl D ^a   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   Pauli, Georg ^b   Hamouda, Osamah ^b   Engel, Alfred M ^c   Schreier, Eckart ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c R and D Infectious Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

GBV C HGV; Hepatitis; Incidence; Sexual transmission; Viral clearance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PLASMA CLEARANCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; COHORT STUDIES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV ANTIBODIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 0032881121     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199911)59:3<303::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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