Presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HCV serum negative patients during interferon and ribavirin therapy

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-32

  Januszkiewicz Lewandowska, Danuta ^a,b   Wysocki, Jacek ^a   Pernak, Monika ^a   Nowicka, Karina ^b   Zawada, Mariola ^b   Rembowska, Jolanta ^b   Lewandowski, Krzysztof ^b   Mańkowski, Przemysław ^a   Nowak, Jerzy ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; RESERVOIR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERFERONS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33947367708     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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