Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among indigent urban pregnant women in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Madzime, S ^a   William, M A ^b   Mohamed, K ^a   October, T ^b   Adem, M ^b   Mudzamiri, S ^a   Woelk, G B ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CARRIER STATE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0642367804     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i1.8513     Document Type: Article

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