Detection of hepatitis A virus from clotting factors implicated as a source of HAV infection among haemophilia patients in Korea

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-93

  Jee, Y Mee ^a   Go, U ^b   Cheon, D ^a   Kang, Y ^a   Yoon, J D ^a   Lee, S W ^b   Shin, Y H ^b   Kim, K S ^b   Lee, J K ^b   Jeong, E K ^b   Yang, B K ^b   Cho, H W ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CALCIUM ION; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30844435928     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004632     Document Type: Article

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