GB virus C/hepatitis G virus infection among Colombian native Indians

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 462-467

  Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ohba, Ken Ichi ^a   Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Kato, Takanobu ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Ding, Xin ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Sonoda, Shunro ^b   Tajima, Kazuo ^c   Miura, Tomoyuki ^d   Hayami, Masanori ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 17944400536     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.462     Document Type: Article

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