HCV prevalence and co-infection with HIV among pregnant women in Saint Camille Medical Centre, Ouagadougou

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1392-1396

  Zeba, Moctar T A ^a,b   Karou, Simplice D ^a,c   Sagna, Tani ^a,b   Djigma, Florencia ^a,b   Bisseye, Cyrille ^a,b   Ouermi, Djeneba ^a,b   Pietra, Virginio ^a   Pignatelli, Salvatore ^a   Gnoula, Charlemagne ^a,b   Sia, Joseph D ^a,b   Moret, Remy ^a   Nikiema, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Simpore, Jacques ^a,b  

^a Centre National de Recherche   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pregnancy; Transaminase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMENORRHEA; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO; OUAGADOUGOU;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 80053647421     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02845.x     Document Type: Article

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