Characterization of HCV strains in an oncohematological pediatric department reveals little horizontal transmission but multiple introductions by un-screened blood products in the past

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1411-1422

  Stikleryte, Ausra ^a,b   Griskeviciene, Jolanta ^a   Magnius, Lars O ^b   Zagminas, Kestutis ^a   Norder, Helene ^b   Ambrozaitis, Arvydas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Lithuania; Nosocomial; NS5B; Phylogenetic; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33749581537     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20713     Document Type: Article

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