The changing epidemiology pattern and frequency distribution of hepatitis C virus in Pakistan

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-600

  Butt, Sadia ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Akbar, Haji ^a   ur Rehman, Irshad ^a   Awan, Zunaira ^a   Afzal, Samia ^a   Hussain, Abrar ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Manzoor, Sobia ^a   Rafique, Shazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Changing pattern; Disease outcome; Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MINOR SURGERY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77953229616     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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