Seroepidemiological survey of hepatitis C virus among commercial sex workers and pregnant women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 872-877

  Laurenta, C ^a   Henzel, D ^b   Mulanga Kabeyaa, C ^a,c   Maertens, G ^d   Larouze B ^b,e   Delaporte, E ^a,f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RDC   (Belgium)

^d INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^f GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Blood transfusion; Commercial sex workers; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus; Pregnant women; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

HEPATITIS; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INJECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA;

EID: 0034846162     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.4.872     Document Type: Article

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