Hepatitis C virus genotypes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-12

  Osoba, Abimbola O ^a  

^a KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotyping; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036188146     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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