Prevalence of HCV and HIV infections in 2005-earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Khan, Saeed ^a   Rai, Mohammad A ^a   Khan, Adnan ^b   Farooqui, Amber ^b   Kazmi, Shahana U ^b   Ali, Syed H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; BLOOD; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 56749182765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-147     Document Type: Article

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