Age related prevalence of hepatitis G virus in South Africans

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 752-757

  Mphahlele, M Jeffrey ^a   Aspinall, Sanet ^a   Spooner, Richard ^b   Carman, William F ^b  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis G; Prevalence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIREMIA;

EID: 0032887688     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.10.752     Document Type: Article

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