Prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic hepatitis C virus infection in Bangladesh

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-16

  Mamun Al Mahtab, ^a   Karim, Fazal ^b   Foster, Graham ^c   Akbar, SM Fazle ^d   Rahman, Salimur ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Hepatitis C virus; Prevalence; Public health; Risk factors; Semi urban

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BANGLADESH; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TATTOOING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 83455212123     PISSN: 09736883     EISSN: 22133453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60111-4     Document Type: Article

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