Epidemiology and clinical pattern of hepatitis delta virus infection in Pakistan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1503-1507

  Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Hamid, Saeed S ^a   Adil, Salman ^a   Afaq, Asim ^a   Islam, M ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Shah, Hasnain A ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis delta virus; Pakistan; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; BLOOD; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644687867     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03857.x     Document Type: Article

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