Experimental infection of chimpanzees with hepatitis G virus and genetic analysis of the virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 855-862

  Bukh, Jens ^a   Kim, Jungsuh P ^d   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^d   Apgar, Carl L ^d   Foung, Steven K H ^b   Wages Jr , John ^c   Yun, Andersen J ^d   Shapiro, Max ^d   Emerson, Suzanne U ^d   Purcell, Robert I I ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 17344366174     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515255     Document Type: Article

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