Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in health care workers of a tertiary care centre in New Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-180

  Jindal, Nidhi ^a   Jindal, Mohit ^a   Jilani, Nishat ^a   Kar, Premashish ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HCV; Health care workers

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645468603     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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