Article
Analysis of nucleotide sequences of hepatitis C virus isolates from husband-wife pairs.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Setoguchi Y, Kajihara S, Hara T, Motomura M, Mizuta T, Wada I, Yamamoto K, Sakai T
Abstract excerpt
To identify the route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, we investigated the sexual transmission of HCV by examining HCV markers among spouses of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) due to HCV. Of 83 spouses, 14 (16.9%) had elevated serum aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotra...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis Antibodies
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Viral
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
- Spouses
