Seroepidemiological study on hepatitis delta virus infection in the Irabu Islands, Okinawa, Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nakasone, Hiroki ^a   Shokita, Hayashi ^a   Kawakami, Yuko ^a   Nakachi, Noriya ^a   Adaniya, Hiroshi ^a   Mizushima, Takuji ^a   Nakayoshi, Tomofumi ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Taira, Masaaki ^a   Takaesu, Hitoshi ^a   Onga, Naokiyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

general population; hepatitis delta virus; seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 8244225996     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00425.x     Document Type: Article

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