Molecular analysis of intraspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus.

doi:10.1016/0168-8278(95)80106-5

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Molecular analysis of intraspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus.

Journal of hepatology - 1 Apr 1995

Chayama K, Kobayashi M, Tsubota A, Koida I, Arase Y, Saitoh S, Ikeda K, Kumada H

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Although intraspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been speculated, there is no direct evidence. METHODS: To investigate whether transmission of HCV occurs by this route, 295 spouses of persons diagnosed with HCV were studied. Of these, 25 (8.8%) tested positive fo...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Base Sequence
Female
Genome, Viral
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis, Chronic
Humans
Incidence
Liver Diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Probes
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny

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