Mother-to-infant transmission of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus: The role of high-titered maternal viremia and mode of delivery

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1202-1206

  Lin, Ho Hsiung ^b   Kao, Jia Horng ^b   Yeh, Kuo Yi ^b   Liu, Ding Ping ^b   Chang, Mei Hwei ^b   Chen, Pei Jer ^b   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84984535392     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515264     Document Type: Article

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