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Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs

Hemophiliacs have been found to be at high risk of hepatitis. Hemophiliacs in Japan receive imported clotting factors as well as domestic ones. Recently we found that hepatitis C virus (HCV) could be classified into at least two types, HCV‐US and HCV‐J, depending on the nucleotide sequence. We analy...

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Autores principales: Hijikata, Makoto, Kato, Nobuyuki, Mori, Shigehisa, Ootsuyama, Yuko, Nakagawa, Masanori, Sugimura, Takashi, Ohkoshi, Showgo, Kojima, Hideo, Meguro, Takashi, Taki, Masashi, Takayama, Shigenobu, Yamada, Kaneo, Shimotohno, Kunitada
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5918019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2177459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02676.x
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author Hijikata, Makoto
Kato, Nobuyuki
Mori, Shigehisa
Ootsuyama, Yuko
Nakagawa, Masanori
Sugimura, Takashi
Ohkoshi, Showgo
Kojima, Hideo
Meguro, Takashi
Taki, Masashi
Takayama, Shigenobu
Yamada, Kaneo
Shimotohno, Kunitada
author_facet Hijikata, Makoto
Kato, Nobuyuki
Mori, Shigehisa
Ootsuyama, Yuko
Nakagawa, Masanori
Sugimura, Takashi
Ohkoshi, Showgo
Kojima, Hideo
Meguro, Takashi
Taki, Masashi
Takayama, Shigenobu
Yamada, Kaneo
Shimotohno, Kunitada
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description Hemophiliacs have been found to be at high risk of hepatitis. Hemophiliacs in Japan receive imported clotting factors as well as domestic ones. Recently we found that hepatitis C virus (HCV) could be classified into at least two types, HCV‐US and HCV‐J, depending on the nucleotide sequence. We analyzed the nucleotide sequences of virus RNAs from the plasma of patients with hemophilia A or B and found HCV‐US in 3 of 4 Japanese hemophiliacs examined.
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spelling pubmed-59180192018-05-11 Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs Hijikata, Makoto Kato, Nobuyuki Mori, Shigehisa Ootsuyama, Yuko Nakagawa, Masanori Sugimura, Takashi Ohkoshi, Showgo Kojima, Hideo Meguro, Takashi Taki, Masashi Takayama, Shigenobu Yamada, Kaneo Shimotohno, Kunitada Jpn J Cancer Res Rapid Communication Hemophiliacs have been found to be at high risk of hepatitis. Hemophiliacs in Japan receive imported clotting factors as well as domestic ones. Recently we found that hepatitis C virus (HCV) could be classified into at least two types, HCV‐US and HCV‐J, depending on the nucleotide sequence. We analyzed the nucleotide sequences of virus RNAs from the plasma of patients with hemophilia A or B and found HCV‐US in 3 of 4 Japanese hemophiliacs examined. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1990-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5918019/ /pubmed/2177459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02676.x Text en
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Hijikata, Makoto
Kato, Nobuyuki
Mori, Shigehisa
Ootsuyama, Yuko
Nakagawa, Masanori
Sugimura, Takashi
Ohkoshi, Showgo
Kojima, Hideo
Meguro, Takashi
Taki, Masashi
Takayama, Shigenobu
Yamada, Kaneo
Shimotohno, Kunitada
Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title_full Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title_fullStr Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title_full_unstemmed Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title_short Frequent Detection of Hepatitis C Virus US Strain in Japanese Hemophiliacs
title_sort frequent detection of hepatitis c virus us strain in japanese hemophiliacs
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5918019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2177459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02676.x
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