The prevalence of transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C in southwest of Iran

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4954-4957

  Doosti, Abbas ^a   Dehkordi, Payam Ghasemi ^a   Hajimirzaei, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Iran; ORF1 gene; Semi nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Transfusion transmitted virus (TTV)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 79958783011     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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