Beneficial effect of GB virus C Co-infection in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Hattori, Junko ^a,b   Okumura, Naoya ^a   Yamazaki, Yumiko ^a   Uchiyama, Masataka ^a   Hamaguchi, Motohiro ^a   Nishiyama, Yukihiro ^b   Kaneda, Tsuguhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co infection; GBV C; HIV 1; RANTES

Indexed keywords

RANTES; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

GB VIRUS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33847119911     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03901.x     Document Type: Article

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