Seropositivity of hepatitis C in prison inmates of Pakistan - A cross sectional study in prisons of Sindh

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 476-479

  Gorar, Zulfikar Ali ^a   Zulfikar, Imrana ^b  

^a Health Services Sindh   (Pakistan)

^b LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHLEBOTOMIST; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SEROPREVALENCE; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952920161     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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