Analysis of the shift of the transmission pattern for hepatitis C in a community in Central Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-209

  Petti, Stefano ^a   Divizia, Maurizio ^b   Donia, Domenica ^b   D'Arca, Adele Simonetti ^a   Tarsitani, Gianfranco ^a   Fabi, Giuliano ^c   Panà, Augusto ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c University of Rome Tor Vergata ^*

Author keywords

Dentistry; HCV risk factors; HCV transmission; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Public health care

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33749175965     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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