Genotypic and epidemiologic characteristics of hepatitis C virus infections among recent injection drug user and nonuser populations

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1435-1438

  Krekulova, Laura ^a   Rehak, Vratislav ^b   Madrigal, Nora ^a   Johnson, Matthew ^a   Killoran, Patrick ^a   Riley, Lee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dr Svobodas Clinic Medicine Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035887825     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323199     Document Type: Article

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