Seropositive HBsAg frequency in Karachi and interior Sindh, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-160

  Abdulla, Essa M ^a,b   Abdulla, Farhan E ^a  

^a Dr Essa's Lab   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HBsAg; Homosexuality; Incidence; Karachi; Pakistan; Sindh

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAKISTAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34249670302     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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