Hepatitis C (HCV) genotype and viral titer distribution among Argentinean hemophilic patients in the presence or absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Co-infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Picchio, Gastón R ^a,b   Nakatsuno, Mónica ^b   Boggiano, César ^b   Sabbe, Rebecca ^a   Corti, Marcelo ^b   Daruich, Jorge ^b   Pérez Bianco, Raúl ^b   Tezanos Pinto, Miguel ^b   Kokka, Robert ^c   Wilber, Judith ^c   Mosier, Donald ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hemophiliacs; Hepatitis C genotype; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIXED INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GENETICS; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HEMIC SYSTEM; HEPATIC EFFECTS; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ARGENTINA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 17144462542     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199706)52:2<219::AID-JMV17>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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