## Abstract Family members of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are at increased risk of HCV infection but the prevalence of HCV among family members of patients with occult HCV infection is not known. Anti‐HCV, serum HCV RNA and levels of liver enzymes were determined in 102
Hepatitis C virus replication in patients with occult hepatitis C virus infection
✍ Scribed by Vicente Carreño; Javier Bartolomé; Inmaculada Castillo; Juan Antonio Quiroga
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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