High prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Rey, D ^a   Fraize, S ^a   Vidinic, J ^b   Meyer, P ^a   Fritsch, S ^b   Labouret, N ^b   Schmitt, C ^b   Lang, J M ^a   Stoll Keller, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

GBV C HGV; Hepatitis B virus; HIV infection; Parenteral exposure; Polymerase chain reaction; Sexual exposure

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032889658     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199901)57:1<75::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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