The prevalence of antibody to hepatitis C virus among Chinese subjects in Taiwan was evaluated using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay. The overall prevalence of antibody to hepatitis C virus was 0.28% among 1,419 healthy subjects, 0.8% among 500 unselected paid blood donors and 0.4% among
Hepatitis C virus infection in Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Chen, Ding-Shinn ;Wang, Jin-Town ;Chen, Pei-Jer ;Wang, Teh-Hong ;Sung, Juei-Low
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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