Hepatitis C virus transmission and its risk factors within families of patients infected with hepatitis C virus in southern Iran: Khuzestan

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 7025-7028

  Hajiani, Eskandar ^a   Masjedizadeh, Rahim ^a   Hashemi, Jalal ^a   Azmi, Mehrdad ^a   Rajabi, Tahereh ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Intrafamilial transmission; Khuzestan; South west of Iran

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 33751552702     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i43.7025     Document Type: Article

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