Hepatitis C virus infection among children in aboriginal areas in Taiwan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 935-938

  Wu, Ta Chung ^a   Chuang, Wan Long ^a,b   Dai, Chia Yen ^a,b   Huang, Jee Fu ^a,c   Hsieh, Ming Yen ^b   Hou, Nai Jen ^c   Lee, Li Po ^b   Lin, Wen Yi ^b   Yang, Jeng Fu ^b   Chiu, Chao Chin ^b   Chen, Shinn Cherng ^a,b   Hsieh, Ming Yuh ^a,b   Chang, Wen Yu ^b   Yu, Ming Lung ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Children; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus; Prevalence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 48349104699     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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