Prevalence of HCV and HIV/HCV co-infection among volunteer blood donors and VCT clients

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 166-169

  Karuru, J W ^a   Lule, G N ^a,b   Joshi, M ^a   Anzala, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 26944465435     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i4.9275     Document Type: Article

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