Hepatitis C virus genotypes in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A preliminary study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 372-377

  Zali, M R ^a   Mayumi, M ^b   Raoufi, M ^c   Nowroozi, A ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034158129     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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