Association between SEN Virus Infection and Hepatitis C in Japan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1246-1251

  Umemura, T ^a,b   Alter, H J ^b   Tanaka, E ^a   Yeo, A E T ^b   Shih, J W K ^b   Orii, K ^a   Matsumoto, A ^a   Yoshizawa, K ^a   Kiyosawa, K ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEN VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0035890179     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324210     Document Type: Article

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