Hepatitis G virus (GBV-C) infection among Brazilian patients with chronic liver disease and blood donors

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Lampe, Elisabeth ^a   De Oliveira, Jaqueline M ^a   Pereira, João L ^b   Saback, Felipe L ^a   Yoshida, Clara F T ^a   Niel, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GERAL DE BONSUCESSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Chronic liver disease; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0345164409     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(97)10017-4     Document Type: Article

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