Infection with GB virus C in leprous patients in Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-114

  Egawa, Katsushi ^a   Yukawa, Tomo ^b   Arakawa, Shoichi ^c   Nakao, Haruhisa ^d   Inoue, Taisuke ^e   Tanaka, Takeshi ^f   Tsuda, Fumio ^g   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^h   Miyakawa, Yuzo ⁱ   Mayumi, Makoto ^h  

^a National Suruga Leprosarium   (Japan)

^b Koyama Fukusei Byoin   (Japan)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^f JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^g Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

^h JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C viruses; Hepatitis viruses; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSAMINASES;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 8944253291     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199606)49:2<110::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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