Transmission of hepatitis C virus: Rates, routes, and cofactors

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-148

  MacDonald, M ^a   Crofts, N ^b   Kaldor, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TATTOO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030485253     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017921     Document Type: Review

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