Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus dual infection among patients with chronic liver disease

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Saravanan, Shanmugam ^a,b   Velu, Vijayakumar ^a   Nandakumar, Subhadra ^a   Madhavan, Vidya ^b   Shanmugasundaram, Uma ^b   Murugavel, Kailapuri G ^b   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^b   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Thyagarajan, Sadras Panchatcharam ^a,b  

^a Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

^b The Voluntary Health Services Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

Hepacivirus; Hepatitis B virus; India; Infection; Liver diseases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 67651095833     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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