Detection of HGV in serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of maintenance haemodialysis patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Basaras, M ^a   Arrese, E ^a   Cabrera, F ^b   Ezpeleta, C ^b   Cisterna, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genotype; Haemodialysis; HCV; HGV; PBMC

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0033023526     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1998.0546     Document Type: Article

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