Interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 587-589

  Khokhar, Nasir ^a   Gill, Musaffar Lateef ^a   Yawar, Ali ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Interspousal; Sexual; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPOUSE; TRANSFUSION; WIDOW;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPOUSES;

EID: 31744451817     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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