Persistence of HCV-RNA in a blood donor with negative antibody assays [1]

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-193

  Rapicetta, Maria ^a   Dettori, S ^a   Kondili, L A ^a   Chionne, P ^a   Ciccaglione, A R ^a   Miceli, M ^b   Mannella, E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b National Blood Transfusion Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA; RNA;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SURGERY; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032911723     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031049     Document Type: Letter

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