Molecular surveillance of hepatitis and tuberculosis infections in a cohort exposed to methyl isocyanate

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-101

  Mishra, Pradyumna K ^a,b   Bhargava, Arpit ^a,b   Pathak, Neelam ^a   Desikan, Prabha ^a   Maudar, Kewal K ^a   Varshney, Subodh ^a   Shrivastava, Rahul ^a,c   Jain, Aruna ^a  

^a BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhopal gas tragedy; Latent tuberculosis; Molecular epidemiology; Occult hepatitis; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYL ISOCYANATE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BHOPAL DISASTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BHOPAL ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INDIA; ISOCYANATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959977688     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-011-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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