Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infections and distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes among Korean blood donors

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-215

  Oh, Deok Ja ^a   Park, Yoon Mee ^a   Seo, Young Ik ^a   Lee, Jae Sook ^a   Lee, Ja Young ^a  

^a Korean Red Cross   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HCV genotype; HCV RNA; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861404269     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.3.210     Document Type: Article

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