Hepatitis C virus infection in the family setting of patients with occult hepatitis C

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1198-1203

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

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

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HCV RNA; Occult HCV

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSAMINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649985950     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21483     Document Type: Article

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