Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users from Salvador-BA, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-303

  Silva, Maria Betânia S ^a   Andrade, Tarcísio M ^b   Silva, Luciano K ^a   Rodart, Itatiana F ^a   Lopes, Gisele B ^a   Carmo, Theomira M A ^a   Zarife, Maria Alice S ^c   Dourado, Inês ^b   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado da Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HCV; HCV genotypes; Injecting drug users; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77953488954     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000300009     Document Type: Article

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