Seroprevalence survey of Egyptian tourism workers for hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and Treponema pallidum infections: Association of hepatitis C virus infections with specific regions of Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-184

  El Sayed, Nasr M ^a   Gomatos, Peter J ^b   Rodier, Guenael R ^c   Wierzba, Thomas F ^d   Darwish, Ahmed ^a   Khashaba, Salwa ^d   Arthur, Ray R ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^b Center for Special Immunology   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Box 5000 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOURISM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS INFECTION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0029761964     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.179     Document Type: Article

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