GB virus C/hepatitis G virus and TT virus infections among high risk renal transplant recipients in India

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-69

  Abraham, Priya ^a   John, George T ^a   Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Radhakrishnan, Sujatha ^a   Thomas, Paulose P ^a   Jacob, Chacko K ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

GB virus C hepatitis G virus infection; Renal transplant recipients; TT virus infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS GB ANTIBODY; MOLECULAR MARKER; PRIMER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0041589367     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00239-1     Document Type: Article

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