Hepatitis C virus genotypes circulating in district Swat of Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Inamullah, ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^b   Ahmed, Habib ^a   Sajid Ul Ghafoor, ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^b   Ali, Liaqat ^b   Ahmed, Aziz ^c  

^a HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c Saidu Teaching Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON PLUS RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79451476145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-16     Document Type: Article

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