Changes in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 in Calabria, Southern Italy

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-173

  Matera, Giovanni ^a   Lamberti, Angelo ^a   Quirino, Angela ^a   Focà, Domenico ^a   Giancotti, Aida ^a   Barreca, Giorgio S ^a   Guadagnino, Vincenzo ^a   Liberto, Maria Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036197285     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00350-9     Document Type: Article

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