Lower hepatitis G virus infection prevalence compared to hepatitis B and C virus infection prevalences

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 188-195

  Furusyo, Norihiro ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Ariyama, Iwao ^a   Sawayama, Yasunori ^a   Etoh, Yoshitaka ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033998092     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005494301751     Document Type: Article

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