Three tamarins (Saguinus labiatus), two of which had previously been infected with hepatitis A virus and parenteral non-A, non-B hepatitis, were inoculated intravenously with the agent of GB hepatitis. All three animals developed alanine aminotransferase abnormalities 2, weeks after inoculation. Pea
Virus-like particles and GB agent hepatitis
β Scribed by DIENSTAG, JULES L.; WAGNER, Jo ANN; PURCELL, ROBERT H.; LONDON, WILLIAM T.; LORENZ, DOUGLAS E.
- Book ID
- 109703009
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 431 KB
- Volume
- 264
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/264260a0
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