Hepatitis C virus in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 122-125

  Gangaidzo, I T ^a   Moyo, V M ^a   Khumalo, H ^a   Saungweme, T ^a   Gomo, Zar ^a,b   Rouault, T ^d   Gordeuk, V R ^c  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031129715     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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