Detection of hepatitis G virus envelope protein E2 antibody in blood donors

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Ramezani, Amitis ^a,b   Gachkar, Latif ^a   Eslamifar, Ali ^b   Khoshbaten, Manoochehr ^c   Jalilvand, Somayeh ^d   Adibi, Ladan ^d   Salimi, Vahid ^d   Hamkar, Rasool ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Hepatitis B virus co infection; Hepatitis G virus (HGV)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 37349078687     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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