Hepatitis C virus detection in the semen of infected patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 358-361

  de Paulo Calvalheiro, Norma ^a,b   de Oliveira Santos, Carolina ^a   Melo, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Morimitsu, Suzana Rie ^a   Barone, Antonio Alci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HCV; PCR; Semen; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA EXTRACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPERMATOZOON; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN;

EID: 65449186300     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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