The relationship between therapeutic injections and high prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Hafizabad, Pakistan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-356

  Luby, S P ^a   Qamruddin, K ^a   Shah, A A ^b   Omair, A ^a   Pahsa, O ^a   Khan, A J ^a   McCormick, J B ^a   Hoodbhouy, F ^b   Fisher Hoch, S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEPATITIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HEPATITIS--TRANSMISSION; MEASUREMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031468845     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007899     Document Type: Article

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