Intrafamilial viral transmission is not the main cause of the high prevalence of hepatic C virus infection in a village, Putian county, China

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-114

  Shi, Shuang ^a   Lu, Feng ^a   Yan, Ling ^a   Zhuang, Hui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Intrafamilial transmission; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956296809     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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