Prevalence of hepatitis G virus in patients with hemophilia and their steady female sexual partners

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 178-182

  Yeo, Anthony E T ^a   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Shih, Janes W ^a   Alter, Harvey J ^a   Goedert, James J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034011772     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200003000-00012     Document Type: Article

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