Low prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in a prisoner population from Maracaibo, Venezuela;Baja prevalencia de la infección por el virus de la hepatitis C en una población de reclusos, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Biomedica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 647-652

  Monsalve Castillo, Francisca ^a   Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a   Atencio, Ricardo José ^a   Porto, Leticia Denys ^a   Costa León, Luciana Ana ^a   Estévez, Jesús Enrique ^a   Callejas Valero, Diana Estela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Prisoners; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954350899     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v29i4.142     Document Type: Article

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