Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 in Ugandan Children and Their Mothers

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1440-1443

  Biggar, Robert J ^a   Ortiz Conde, Betty A ^b   Bagni, Rachel K ^b   Bakaki, Paul M ^c   Wang, Cheng Dian ^b   Engels, Eric A ^a   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Ndugwa, Christopher M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGANDA; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33749013025     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.041068     Document Type: Article

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