Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Morocco and serological tests assessment of detection for the viremia prediction;Prévalence de l'infection par le virus de l'hépatite-C au Maroc et évaluation des tests sérologiques de dépistage pour la prédiction de la virémie

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 368-372

  Benouda, A ^a   Boujdiya, Z ^a   Ahid, S ^b   Abouqal, R ^b   Adnaoui, M ^a  

^a International Cheikh Zaid Hospital   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Prevalence; Serology; Viremia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649354590     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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