Prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, HTLV and Treponema pallidum among patients attending a rural hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-269

  Ramos, José M ^a,b   Belda, Sofia ^b   Reyes, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, Juan C ^b   Royo, Gloria ^b   Gutiérrez, Félix ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b Gambo General Rural Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; HIV; HTLV; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84856965088     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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