Hepatitis C virus genotype 4 in a North-west Spain district

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-224

  Ramos Sánchez, M Carmen ^a   Torío Cabezón, Ramón ^a   Mazón Ramos, M Ángeles ^a   Martín Gil, Francisco J ^a   Del Álamo, Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0041883177     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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