HBV/HCV co-infection in Iran: A seroepidemiological based study

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2538-2540

  Semnani, Shahryar ^a   Roshandel, Gholamreza ^a,b   Abdolahi, Nafiseh ^a   Besharat, Sima ^a   Keshtkar, Abbas Ali ^a   Joshaqani, Hamidreza ^a   Moradi, Abdolvahab ^a   Kalavi, Khodaberdi ^a   Kabir, Mohammad Javad ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Roshandel, Danial ^a   Sedaqat, Seyed Mehdi ^a   Danesh, Ahmad ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Golestan University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Iran

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33845259309     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2538.2540     Document Type: Article

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