Association of patients' geographic origins with viral hepatitis co-infection patterns, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1116-1119

  Cachafeiro, Santiago Pérez ^a   Caro Murillo, Ana María ^b   Berenguer, Juan ^c   Segura, Ferran ^d   Gutiérrez, Felix ^e   Vidal, Francesc ^f   Martínez Pérez, Maria Ángeles ^g   Sola, Julio ^h   Muga, Roberto ⁱ   Moreno, Santiago ^j   del Amo, Julia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d Servicio de Oncología Médica   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^h Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 79957651240     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid/1706.091810     Document Type: Article

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