Prevalence and risk factor analysis of GBV-C/HGV infection in prostitutes.

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Published in J Med Virol on May 01, 1997

Authors

J C Wu1, W Y Sheng, Y H Huang, S J Hwang, S D Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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