Predictive markers for hepatitis C virus infection among Brazilian inmates

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-372

  Coelho, Harnoldo Colares ^a,c   De Oliveira, Sabrina Alberti Nóbrega ^b   Miguel, Juliana Custódio ^b   Oliveira, Maria De Lourdes Aguiar ^b   Figueiredo, José Fernando De Castro ^a   Perdoná, Gleici Castro ^a   Passos, Afonso Dinis Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Organic Chemistry Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Prisons; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TATTOOING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 70349932711     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000400002     Document Type: Article

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