To assess the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the central nervous system (CNS), HCV-RNA was sought in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples of 21 HIV/HCV-positive patients: HCV-RNA was detected in the serum of 19/21 patients (90.4%), and in the CSF of five of the 19 serum-positiv
Relationship between the occurrence of virus in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of hiv-1 infected individuals
✍ Scribed by Dr. A. Sönnerborg; A. Ehrnst; Ö Strannegård
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 531 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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