Hepatitis D virus genotypes in intravenous drug users in Taiwan: Decreasing prevalence and lack of correlation with hepatitis B virus genotypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3047-3049

  Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 84983721717     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3047-3049.2002     Document Type: Article

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