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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 27, 1995 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Risk Factor Exposure Among Hepatitis C Virus RNA Positive Swedish Blood Donors - The Role of Parenteral and Sexual Transmission

Steven Shev Departments of Infectious Diseases, East Hospital; Departments Internal Medicine, Varberg Hospital, Varberg
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Svante Hermodsson Departments Virology, Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Göteborg
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Annika Lindholm The Blood Bank, East Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Ewa Malm Departments of Infectious Diseases, East Hospital
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Anders Widell Departments Virology, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö
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Gunnar Norkrans Departments of Infectious Diseases, East Hospital
Pages 99-104 | Received 05 Oct 1994, Accepted 10 Jan 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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