Relationship of TT virus infection with prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and elevated alanine aminotransferase levels

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-238

  Watanabe, Hisayoshi ^a   Shinzawa, Haruhide ^a   Shao, Li ^a   Saito, Takafumi ^a   Takahashi, Tsuneo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HCV; Hepatitis; HGV; TTV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033001640     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199907)58:3<235::AID-JMV8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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