Absence of hepatitis C virus and detection of hepatitis G virus/GB virus C RNA sequences in the semen of infected men

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 848-854

  Semprini, Augusto E ^a   Persico, Tiziana ^b   Thiers, Valeric ^b   Oneta, Monica ^b   Tuveri, Rosella ^b   Serafini, Paola ^b   Boschini, Antonio ^b   Giuntelli, Simonetta ^b   Pardi, Giorgio ^b   Brechet, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17344371940     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515257     Document Type: Article

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