Prevalence of hepatitis B and C in internally displaced persons of war against terrorism in Swat, Pakistan

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 638-642

  Rauf, Abdul ^a   Nadeem, Muhammad Shahid ^a   Ali, Akbar ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a   Mustafa, Muhammad ^a   Muzammal Latif, Muhammad ^a   Latif, Muhammad Zahid ^b   Ahmed, Nisar ^c   Shakoori, Abdul Rauf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b Allama Iqbal Town   (Pakistan)

^c Human Appeal International (HAI)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

hepatitis B; hepatitis C infection; victims of war of terrorism

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; TERRORISM; VIROLOGY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; TERRORISM; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053496138     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq084     Document Type: Article

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