Analysis of hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA, antibody to HGV envelope protein, and risk factors for blood donors coinfected with HGV and hepatitis C virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1055-1061

  Tan, De ^a,b,c,d   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a,b,c   Conry Cantilena, Cathy ^a,b,c   Melpolder, Jacqueline C ^a,b,c   Shih, James W K ^a,b,c   Leuther, Michael ^a,b,c   Hess, George ^a,b,c   Gibble, Joan W ^a,b,c   Ness, Paul M ^a,b,c   Alter, Harvey J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Greater Chesapeake/P R A R C   (United States)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DIGOXIGENIN; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033005541     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314722     Document Type: Article

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