Susceptibility of TT virus to interferon therapy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 631-634

  Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Tsubota, Akihito ^a   Kobayashi, Mizuho ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Murashima, Naoya ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Okamoto, Katsura ^b   Hashimoto, Michie ^a   Matsuda, Marie ^a   Koike, Hiromi ^a   Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Sumitomo Metal Bioscience   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERFERON; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA VIRUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033059169     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-3-631     Document Type: Article

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