Rising burden of Hepatitis C Virus in hemodialysis patients

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khan, Sanaullah ^a   Attaullah, Sobia ^b   Ali, Ijaz ^c   Ayaz, Sultan ^a   Naseemullah, ^d   Khan, Shahid ^a   Siraj, Sami ^e   Khan, Jabbar ^f  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dialysis patients; Epidemiology; HCV; HCV Genotype; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 80053314561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-438     Document Type: Article

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