Increasing frequency of anti-HCV seropositivity in a cross-section of people in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 767-770

  Abdullah, Farhan E ^a   Pasha, Hamdan A ^a   Memon, Adeel A ^a   Shah, Ujala Nadir ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Frequency; HCV; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 80053037480     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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