Age and gender distribution of Hepatitis C virus genotypes in the metropolitan area of naples

Intervirology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-212

  Petruzziello, Arnolfo ^a   Coppola, Nicola ^b   Diodato, Anna Maria ^a   Iervolino, Vincenzo ^a   Azzaro, Rosa ^a   Di Costanzo, Gaetano ^a   Di Macchia, Catia Addolorata ^a   Di Meo, Tommaso ^a   Loquercio, Giovanna ^a   Pasquale, Giuseppe ^b   Cacciapuoti, Carmela ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus diagnosis; Hepatitis C virus genotyping; Hepatitis C virus prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84878020247     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348506     Document Type: Article

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