Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus, and syphilis among street children residing in southern Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-155

  Vahdani, Parviz ^a   Hosseini Moghaddam, Seyed Mohammadmehdi ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^a   Sharafi, Kamran ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Street children; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGIN TEST; SYPHILIS;

AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33645757598     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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