Health care risk factors among women and personal behaviours among men explain the high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-326

  Janjua, N Z ^a,b   Hamza, H B ^c   Islam, M ^c   Tirmizi, S F A ^c   Siddiqui, A ^a   Jafri, W ^c   Hamid, S ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Barber shaving; Blood transfusion; Dental treatment; Extramarital sex; Hepatitis C virus; Medical injections; Pakistan; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949754983     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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