Molecular epidemiological study of hepatitis viruses in Ismailia, Egypt

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-131

  Youssef, Ahmed ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   Utsumi, Takako ^a   Abd El Alah, Essam Mohamed Mohamed ^b   Abd El Hameed, Alaa El Een Saad ^b   Serwah, Adel El Hamid Ahmed ^b   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 66049152211     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219385     Document Type: Article

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