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Failure to detect hepatitis C virus genome in human secretions with the polymerase chain reaction
1 Nov 1991
Abstract excerpt
Although hepatitis C infection has been clearly demonstrated to be transmitted through blood products or blood contamination, most cases of sporadic hepatitis C infection are unassociated with parenteral risk factors, and it is unclear how infection might be acquired by nonparenteral means. One potential mode of nonparenteral transmission is through body secretions. We used a highly sensitive and specific...
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