Molecular investigation of GB virus C RNA in hemodialysis and thalassemics patients from Brazil

Renal Failure

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Watanabe, Maria Angelica Ehara ^a   Milanezi, Cristiane Maria ^b   Silva Jr , Wilson Araújo ^c   De Lucena Ângulo, Ivan ^c   Santis, Gil ^c   Kashima, Simone ^c   Da Costa, José Abrão Cardeal ^b   Neto, Miguel Moisés ^b   Covas, Dimas Tadeu ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Regional Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blood borne diseases; Chronic renal failure; GBV C HGV; HBV; HCV; HGV; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THALASSEMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0037286017     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120017469     Document Type: Article

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