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Molecular investigation of interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus in two Japanese patients who acquired acute hepatitis C after 40 or 42 years of marriage.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2005
Nakayama Haruo, Sugai Yoshiki, Ikeya Shinichi, Inoue Jun, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
A 65-year-old woman (C1I) and a 65-year-old man (C2I) contracted acute hepatitis C 40 or 42 years after marriage, respectively, in Japan. They had no discernible risk factors for acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, except that they had monogamous sexual relationships with their spouses (C1S [66-year-old] with hepatocellular carcinoma and C2S [64-year-old] with liver cirrhosis, respectively) who were...
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