Hepatitis C virus

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 1437-1455

  Forman, Michael S ^a   Valsamakis, Alexandra ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Viremia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188865274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch89     Document Type: Chapter

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