Household members of hepatitis C virus-infected people in Hafizabad, Pakistan: Infection by injections from health care providers

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 515-518

  Pasha, O ^a,b   Luby, S P ^a   Khan, A J ^a   Shah, S A ^b   McCormick, J B ^a   Fisher Hoch, S P ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033383553     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002770     Document Type: Article

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