Assessment of the seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B, viral hepatitis C and HIV in multitransfused thalassaemia major patients in Karachi, Pakistan

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-25

  Riaz, Haris ^a   Riaz, Talha ^a   Ullah, Faizan ^a   Aziz, Sina ^b   Khan, Muhammad Ubaid ^a   Pervaiz, Rida ^a   Ejaz, Areeba ^a   Hasan, Muhammad ^a   Moiz, Fatima ^a   Naqvi, Syed Anwar Ahmad ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 78650783101     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100158     Document Type: Article

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