A note on the high prevalence of anti-HCV seropositivity among hilltribers in Mae Jam District, Northern Thailand

Viral Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-646

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Suyaphan, Akkaradej ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mae Jam Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; THAILAND VIRUS;

EID: 0036456324     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088282402320914566     Document Type: Article

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