Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in north-eastern Brazil: a population-based study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 663-668

  Zarife, Maria Alice S ^a,b   Silva, Luciano K ^a   Silva, Maria Betânia S ^a   Lopes, Gisele B ^a   Barreto, Maurício L ^c   Teixeira, Maria da Glória ^c   Dourado, Inês ^c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública Professor Gonçalo Moniz LACEN BA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotype; HCV; Hepatitis C virus; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT IMMUNOBLOT ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33646490282     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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