High prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus infections among dialysis patients in the East-Centre of Tunisia;Prévalence et incidence élevées de l'infection par le virus de l'hépatite C chez les hémodialysés dans la région Centre-Est de la Tunisie

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 323-327

  Othman, S Ben ^a,b   Bouzgarrou, N ^a   Achour, A ^c   Bourlet, T ^b   Pozzetto, B ^b   Trabelsi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

H modialyse; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Infection nosocomiale; Nosocomial infection; Tunisia; Tunisie; Virus de l'h patite C

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TUNISIA;

EID: 3142664667     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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