Prevalence and characterization of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 in Japanese hepatitis C carriers

Hepatology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-414

  Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Fukuda, Yoshihide ^a   Nakano, Isao ^a   Katano, Yoshiaki ^a   Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Yokozaki, Shouichi ^a   Hayakawa, Tetsuo ^a   Morita, Kiyoshi ^b   Nishimura, Daisaku ^b   Kato, Katsumoto ^b   Urano, Fumihiro ^c   Takamatsu, Junki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kamo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Toyahashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Hemophilia; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR CONCENTRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037398274     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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