Epidemiology of SEN virus infection among patients with hepatitis B and C in China

Hepatology Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-180

  Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Mikuni, Morio ^a   Longren, Wu ^b   Zi Yi, Zhao ^a   Xueqing, Wang ^a   Oshiro, Shuh ^a   Matsumura, Hiroshi ^a   Aoki, Hiroshi ^a   Ichijima, Sagiri ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroko ^a   Tanaka, Naohide ^a   Abe, Kenji ^c   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Chronic hepatitis B; Chronic hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Phylogenetic analysis; SEN V DNA; SEN V infection

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEN VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0242438174     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00238-9     Document Type: Article

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