Does occult hepatitis C virus infection exist?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3550-

  Carreño, Vicente ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Castillo, Inmaculada ^a   Quiroga, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONVALESCENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 53649086187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01148-08     Document Type: Letter

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