Seroprevalences and co-infections of HIV, hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus in injecting drug users in Quetta, Pakistan

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-45

  Achakzai, Malik ^a   Kassi, Masoom ^a   Kasi, Pashtoon Murtaza ^b  

^a BolanMedical College   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33947319142     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507779951989     Document Type: Article

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