Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Vietnam;Epidemiologie de l'infection par le virus de l'hepatite C au Vietnam

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 893-897

  Lien, T T X ^a   Trimoulet, P ^b   Yen, V T ^a   Lepers, J P ^c   Fleury, H J A ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

At risk population; Epidemiology; HCV; Ho Chi Minh city

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIET NAM; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031437678     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(97)80245-4     Document Type: Article

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