## Abstract The prevalence of hepatitis‐C virus (HCV) infection was investigated in a group of children with chronic post‐transfusion hepatitis using a first‐and second‐generation HCV‐antibody ELISA, 2 confirmatory tests (a second‐generation recombinant immunoblot assay and a line immunoas‐say) as
Second generation hepatitis C virus antibody-positive rate in children: Investigation of the route of hepatitis C virus infection in children with no history of transfusion
✍ Scribed by HIROKO MANIWA; YOSHISHIGE MIYAKE; TAKAYA ODA; ROU LI; TAKAO YOKOYAMA; KOHACHIRO SUGIYAMA
- Book ID
- 108970581
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 516 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1328-8067
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