Transmission of hepatitis C virus: rates, routes, and cofactors.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on January 01, 1996

Authors

M MacDonald1, N Crofts, J Kaldor

Author Affiliations

1: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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