High rate of chronicity in HCV infection determined by antibody confirmatory assay and PCR in 4110 patients during long-term follow-up

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-51

  Feucht, Heinz Hubert ^a   Zöllner, Bernhard ^a   Schröter, Matthias ^a   Polywka, Susanne ^a   Buggisch, Peter ^a   Nolte, Hartmut ^b   Laufs, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Hospital Pinneberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

EIA; HCV; PCR; Viremia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0344758351     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00005-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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