Prevalence of hepatitis C and its genotypes in a region with moderately active epidemic process

Voprosy Virusologii

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-82

  Kuzin, S N ^a   Lisitsina, Ye V ^a   Samokhvalov, Ye I ^a   Shakhgildyan, I V ^a   Kuzina, L Ye ^a   Manina, T N ^a   Lisitsin, Ye A ^a   Lvov, D K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immune structure; Risk groups; Virus genotype

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA;

EID: 0033088366     PISSN: 05074088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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