Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genetic diversity among pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ndong Atome, Guy Roger ^a   Makuwa, Maria ^a   Njouom, Richard ^b   Branger, Michel ^c   Brun Vézinet, Francoise ^c   Mahé, Antoine ^d,e   Rousset, Dominique ^b,f   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a,e,f  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida   (Gabon)

^e Service de Cooperation et d'Action Culturelle   (Gabon)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL AFRICA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; GABON; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GABON; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47349083275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-82     Document Type: Article

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