HBV, HCV and syphilis co-infections in human immunodeficiency virus positive Bangladeshi patients: Observation at two reference laboratories

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-283

  Munshi, S ^a   Hoque, M ^b   Mondol, M E A ^b   Jalaluddin, M ^b   Tabassum, S ^a   Islam, M ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Armed Forces Institute of Pathology   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 48249094294     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.42059     Document Type: Letter

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