Prevalence of GB virus type C in urban Americans infected with human immunodeficiency virus type I

Retrovirology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Smith, Stephen M ^a,b   Donio, Michael J ^a   Singh, Mahender ^a   Fallon, James P ^a   Jitendranath, Lavanya ^a   Chkrebtii, Natalia ^a   Slim, Jihad ^a   Finkel, Diana ^a   Perez, George ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN E2, GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 27444441292     PISSN: 17424690     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-2-38     Document Type: Article

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