Vaginal shedding of hepatitis C virus

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 717-721

  Gameiro, R ^a   Venneno, T ^b   Prieto, E ^b   Castro, R ^b   Carnall, V ^b   Canas Ferreira, W ^b   Exposto, F ^b  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; PBMC; Transmission; Vaginal samples; Viral load

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED INFECTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SECRETION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; VAGINA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0034760623     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462011924209     Document Type: Article

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