Impact of sex on hepatitis C virus transmission: Conflicting results [3]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1048-1050

  Yazdanpanah, Y ^a,b   De Carli, G ^d   Bouvet, E ^c   Puro, V ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645365219     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500845     Document Type: Letter

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