Genotypic distribution of hepatitis c virus in voluntary blood donors of northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-479

  Jutavijittum, Prapan ^a   Jiviriyawat, Yupa ^a   Yousukh, Amnat ^a   Pantip, Chansom ^a   Maneekarn, Niwat ^a   Toriyama, Kan ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital Nagasaki   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

BLOOD DONORS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 67650228091     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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