Hepatitis C virus: Molecular and epidemiological evidence of male-to-female transmission

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-432

  de Cavalheiro, Norma Paula ^a   de la Rosa, Abel ^b   Elagin, Slava ^c   Tengan, Fatima Mitiko ^a   Barone, Antonio Alci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PHARMASSET INC   (United States)

^c Meridian Bioscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Phylogeny; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANICURE CUTTER; NAIL CLIPPER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RAZOR BLADE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TATTOOING; TOOTHBRUSH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78951475422     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702010000500001     Document Type: Article

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