Genotype distribution and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in blood donors from Southeast France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3624-3629

  Cantaloube, Jean François ^a,c   Gallian, Pierre ^a   Attoui, Houssam ^a   Biagini, Philippe ^a   De Micco, Philippe ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^b  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Etablissement de transfusion sanguine Alpes Provence   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SEX RATIO;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 23744442066     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3624-3629.2005     Document Type: Article

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