Detection of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus genome in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and liver tissue

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-121

  Kobayashi, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Nakayama, Jun ^b   Furuwatari, Chizumi ^b   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^b   Kawasaki, Seiji ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

GB virus C hepatitis G virus; Hepatitis virus; In situ hybridisation; Strand specific polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032947774     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199902)57:2<114::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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