Detection of HCV and GBV-CHGV RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with chronic type C hepatitis

Microbios

Volumn 103, Issue 404, 2000, Pages 7-15

  Garcia Jr F ^a   Garcia F ^a   Roldan C ^a   Lopez I ^a   Martinez N M ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Bernal, M C ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Maroto, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus; PBMC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

EID: 0034571307     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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