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Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in body fluids from HCV monoinfected and HCV/HIV coinfected patients.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Farías Adrián, Ré Viviana, Mengarelli Silvia, Kremer Luis, Pisano Maria Belén, Allende Luis, Nicolás Juan, Elbarcha Osvaldo, Contigiani Marta
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The possibility of the non-parenteral Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) transmission is supported by the demonstration that the actual virus is present in several body fluids. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the detection of HCV RNA in body fluids (saliva, cervical smears, seminal fluid and peripheral blood mononuclear cells) from chronically HCV-infected patients and several viral...
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