The first evidence of TT virus infection in Slovakia

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-412

  Schréter, Ivan ^a   Kristian, Pavol ^a   Birošová, Eva ^a   Siegfried, Leonard ^a   Jarčuška, Pavol ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis non A non E; PCR detection; TTV

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUSES; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; TT VIRUS;

EID: 3342944439     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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