Seroprevalence of hepatitis C and associated risk factors in urban areas of Antananarivo, Madagascar

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ramarokoto, Charles E ^a   Rakotomanana, Fanjasoa ^a   Ratsitorahina, Maherisoa ^a   Raharimanga, Vaomalala ^a   Razafindratsimandresy, Richter ^a   Randremanana, Rindra ^a   Rakoto Andrianarivelo, Mala ^a   Rousset, Dominique ^a   Andrianaja, Voahangy ^a   Richard, Vincent ^a   Soares, Jean Louis ^a   Rabarijaona, Leon P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 42149105081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-25     Document Type: Article

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