Hepatitis B/C virus co-infection in Iran: A seroepidemiological study

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-21

  Semnani, Shahryar ^a   Roshandel, Gholamreza ^a   Abdolahi, Nafiseh ^a   Besharat, Sima ^a   Keshtkar, Abbas Ali ^a   Joshaghani, Hamidreza ^a   Moradi, Abdolvahab ^a   Kalavi, Khodaberdi ^a   Jabbari, Ali ^a   Kabir, Mohammad Javad ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Sedaqat, Seyed Mehdi ^a   Danesh, Ahmad ^a   Roshandel, Danyal ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Iran

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 43549127123     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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