Is hepatitis G/GB virus-C virus hepatotropic? Detection of hepatitis G/GB virus-C viral RNA in liver and serum

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-164

  Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Yanjuan ^a   Solomon, Harvey ^a   Ramrakhiani, Sanjay ^a   Neuschwander Tetri, Brent A ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a,b  

^a St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis G; Hepatotropism

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; SERUM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; FIBROSIS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TROPISM;

EID: 0032909749     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<160::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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