Epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections among hemodialysis patients in Khartoum, Sudan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-55

  Gasim, Gasim I ^a   Hamdan, Hamdan Z ^b   Hamdan, Sumaia Z ^b   Adam, Ishag ^c  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HBV; HCV; Hemodialysis; Sudan

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUDAN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 81355138404     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22256     Document Type: Article

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