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Hepatitis C viraemia and antibody to core epitopes in anti-HCV ELISA negative blood donors

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  1. Department of Food Science, University of Udine, via Marangoni 97, I-33100, Udine, Italy

    P. Ferroni (Chair of Hygiene)

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    V. Gasparini (Chair of Hygiene)

  3. Institute of Virology, University of Milano, Italy

    M. Zaninetti, D. Colzani & G. Mascolo

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Ferroni, P., Gasparini, V., Zaninetti, M. et al. Hepatitis C viraemia and antibody to core epitopes in anti-HCV ELISA negative blood donors. Eur J Epidemiol 10, 649–650 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01719588

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