LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS RNA IN SEROLOGICALLY MILD INFECTION
- Authors: Yaroslavtseva N.G.1, Tikhomirov D.S.1, Nikolaeva L.I.2, Dedova A.V.2, Ovchinnikova E.N.1, Misko O.N.1, Romanova T.Y.1, Makhnovskiy P.I.2, Grishechkin A.E.2, Tupoleva T.A.1
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Affiliations:
- National Medical Research Center of Hematology
- D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology «National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya»
- Issue: Vol 64, No 1 (2019)
- Pages: 30-35
- Section: ORIGINAL RESEARCHES
- URL: https://medbiosci.ru/0507-4088/article/view/118001
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18821/0507-4088-2019-64-1-30-35
- ID: 118001
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N. G. Yaroslavtseva
National Medical Research Center of Hematology
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Email: ngyar@yandex.ru
Russian Federation
D. S. Tikhomirov
National Medical Research Center of HematologyRussian Federation
L. I. Nikolaeva
D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology «National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya»Russian Federation
A. V. Dedova
D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology «National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya»Russian Federation
E. N. Ovchinnikova
National Medical Research Center of HematologyRussian Federation
O. N. Misko
National Medical Research Center of HematologyRussian Federation
T. Yu. Romanova
National Medical Research Center of HematologyRussian Federation
P. I. Makhnovskiy
D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology «National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya»Russian Federation
A. E. Grishechkin
D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology «National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after the honorary academician N.F. Gamaleya»Russian Federation
T. A. Tupoleva
National Medical Research Center of HematologyRussian Federation
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