Frequency distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in different geographical regions of Pakistan and their possible routes of transmission

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Riazuddin, Sheikh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; THALASSEMIA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; SEX RATIO; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44949253046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-69     Document Type: Article

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