TT virus infection in acute non-A to E hepatitis in Northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 814-822

  Endy, Timothy P ^a,d   Narupiti, Sumitda ^a   Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^a   Suntayakorn, Saroj ^b   Kuschner, Robert A ^c   Vaughn, David W ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b Kamphaeng Phet Provincial Hospital   (Thailand)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0035752437     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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