GBV-C/HGV infection in renal dialysis and transplant patients
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GBV-C/HGV infection in renal dialysis and transplant patients.
BACKGROUND Recently a new human virus (GBV-C/HGV) was identified. With the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) the possibility of a high prevalence of the GBV-C/HGV infection in haemodialysis patients was demonstrated. The aim of the present study was to use a combination of the PCR and a new diagnostic test for antibodies to the viral envelope protein E2 to assess the prevalence of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.11.2380