Hepatitis C virus infections reported over 11 years of surveillance in Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Madani, Tariq A ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C antibodies; Prevalence; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 58149303102     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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