Hepatitis C virus genotype frequency in Isfahan province of Iran: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zarkesh Esfahani, Sayyed H ^a,b   Kardi, Mohammad T ^a   Edalati, Masoud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GENETICS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950968664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-69     Document Type: Article

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