Influence of CD4+ lymphocyte counts on GB virus C/hepatitis G virus carriership in HIV-positive individuals

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-369

  Goubau, Patrick ^a   Liu, Hsin Fu ^a   Goderniaux, Emmanuelle ^a   Burtonboy, Guy ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clearance; Drug addict; E2 antibody; Homosexual; Viral persistence

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS CARRIER;

CARRIER STATE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033013803     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199904)57:4<367::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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