Correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated Ghanaians: A national multicentre study

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Adjei, Andrew A ^a   Armah, Henry B ^a,b   Gbagbo, Foster ^a   Ampofo, William K ^a   Quaye, Isaac K E ^a   Hesse, Ian F A ^a   Mensah, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847612846     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46859-0     Document Type: Article

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