Assessment of markers of hepatitis C virus infection in a Japanese adult population

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1229-1235

  Arduino, J M ^a   Stuver, S O ^a   Spiegelman, D ^a   Okayama, A ^b   Tabor, E ^d   Yu, M Y W ^d   Kohara, M ^c   Tsubouchi, H ^b   Mueller, N E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0035890178     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324006     Document Type: Article

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