Hepatitis C virus infections reported in Saudi Arabia over 11 years of surveillance

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-194

  Madani, Tariq Ahmed ^a,b  

^a Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34447307115     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.191     Document Type: Article

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