Prevalence of GB virus type C/hepatitis G virus RNA and anti-E2 among blood donors in Southeastern France

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Cantaloube, Jean François ^a   Gallian, Pierre ^c   Biagini, Philippe ^c   Attoui, Houssam ^c   Escher, Jacqueline ^c   Zappitelli, Jean Pierre ^c   Delord, Yves ^c   De Micco, Philippe ^c   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^b  

^a Etablissement de transfusion sanguine Alpes Provence   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032899106     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39199116900.x     Document Type: Article

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