Frequency and genotype of GB virus C among Iranian patients infected with HIV

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1941-1946

  Hekmat, Soheila ^a   Mohraz, Minoo ^b   Vahabpour, Rouhollah ^a   Jam, Sara ^b   Bahramali, Golnaz ^a   Banifazl, Mohammad ^c   Aghakhani, Arezoo ^a   Eslamifar, Ali ^a   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a   Edalat, Rozita ^a   Ramezani, Amitis ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Society for Support of Patients with Infectious Diseases   (Iran)

Author keywords

GB virus C (GBV C); Genotype; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 54749113739     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21314     Document Type: Article

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