Prevalence of anti hepatitis C virus among the hospital populations in Jordan

New Microbiologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-273

  Al Quadan, F A ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Anti hepatitis C; Prevalence; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036655007     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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