| a seroepidemiological study of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in an area with a high prevalence of chronic liver disease in the kyushu district of japan. | the incidence of hepatitis virus type c (hcv) in an area, futase, of iizuka city in chikuho province in the northeastern part of fukuoka prefecture in kyushu, japan, was estimated by screening sera for anti-hcv antibodies. titers of anti human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) antibodies and hepatitis virus type b surface antigens (hbs) were also determined. the area of the present study is known to have a particularly high prevalence of chronic liver diseases, because coal mining was the key ... | 1994 | 7523761 |