Hepatitis C: Sexual or intrafamilial transmission? Epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis C virus in 24 infected couples

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Cavalheiro, Norma De Paula ^a   De La Rosa, Abel ^b   Elagin, Slava ^c   Tengan, Fátima Mitiko ^a   De Araújo, Evaldo Stanislau Affonso ^a   Barone, Antonio Alci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PHARMASSET INC   (United States)

^c Third Wave Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Heterosexual; Intrafamilial; Phylogeny; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAFAMILIAL TRANSMISSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TATTOOING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 70349291369     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000300001     Document Type: Article

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