Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in pregnant Sudanese women

Virology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Elsheikh, Rasha M ^a   Daak, Ahmed A ^a   Elsheikh, Mohamed A ^a   Karsany, Mubarak S ^b   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN; TATTOO; VIRUS HEPATITIS; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 36849069415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-4-104     Document Type: Article

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