Hepatitis B virus in Pakistan: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, awareness status and genotypes

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ali, Muhammad ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Liaqat ^a   Hussain, Abrar ^a   Ur Rehman, Irshad ^a   Saleem, Sana ^a   Afzal, Samia ^a   Butt, Sadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE D; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALASSEMIA; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRANSFUSION; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

AWARENESS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952201087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-102     Document Type: Review

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