Prevalence and risk factor analysis of TTV infection in prostitutes

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 393-395

  Huang, Yi Hsiang ^b   Wu, Jaw Ching ^a   Lin, Chen Chun ^b   Sheng, Wen Yung ^b   Lee, Pui Ching ^b   Wang, Yuan Jen ^b   Chang, Full Young ^b   Lee, Shou Dong ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circoviridae; Parvoviridae; Prostitutes; Sexual transmission; TT virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TATTOO; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

CIRCOVIRIDAE; DELTA VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; PARVOVIRIDAE; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0033997098     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200004)60:4<393::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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