GB virus type C/hepatitis G virus: A non-pathogenic flavivirus associated with prolonged survival in HIV-infected individuals

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1255-1261

  Polgreen, Philip M ^a   Xiang, Jinhua ^a   Chang, Qing ^a   Stapleton, Jack T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; GB virus C; HIV

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE;

FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 0242485422     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.08.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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