Susceptibility of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus orientalis) to infection by hepatitis B virus

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1429-1434

  Kedda, Mary Anne ^a   Kramvis, Anna ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a,e   Lecatsas, Gerasimos ^c   Paterson, Alan C ^c   Aspinall, Sanette ^b   Stark, Jennifer H ^c   De Klerk, Willem A ^b   Gridelli, Bruno ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0034655697     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200004150-00037     Document Type: Article

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