Prevalence and viral persistence of TT virus in patients on hemodialysis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 878-880

  Martinez N M ^a   Garcia F ^a   Garcia Valdecasas J ^b   Bernal, C ^a   Garcia Jr F ^a   Lopez I ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Piedrola G ^a   Maroto, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033636866     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960000382     Document Type: Article

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