Hepatitis C virus replicates in sweat glands and is released into sweat in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 529-536

  Ortiz Movilla, Nuria ^a   Lázaro, Pablo ^b   Rodríguez Iñigo, Elena ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Longo, Isabel ^b   Lecona, Manuel ^b   Pardo, Margarita ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a  

^a Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

HCV; In situ hybridization; Skin

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWEAT GLANDS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0036883569     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10238     Document Type: Article

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