Short communication: Evaluation of GB virus C/hepatitis G viral load among HIV type 1-coinfected patients in São Paulo, Brazil

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1301-1304

  Alves Sousa, Viviane K ^a   Komninakis, Shirley C V ^a   Baggio Zappia, Giovana L ^a   Barbosa, Aline J ^a   Mantovani, Nathália P ^a   Diaz, Ricardo S ^a   Abrão, Paulo ^a   Lanzara, Graziela A ^a   Granato, Celso F H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84866637068     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0212     Document Type: Article

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