Prevalence and distribution of the GBV-C/HGV among HIV-1-infected patients under anti-retroviral therapy

Virus Research

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-152

  Alcalde, Rosana ^a   Nishiya, Anna ^a,b   Casseb, Jorge ^a   Inocêncio, Lilian ^c   Fonseca, Luiz A M ^a   Duarte, Alberto J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c National STD/Aids Program/Ministery of Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; GBV C; Genotypes; HGV; HIV; Pathogenesis; S o Paulo

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

GB VIRUS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77954215346     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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