Changing pattern of clinical epidemiology on Hepatitis C virus infection in Southwest China

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-204

  Yan, Zehui ^a   Fan, Ke ^a   Wang, Yuming ^a   Fan, Yi ^a   Tan, Zhaoxia ^a   Deng, Guohong ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TELECONSULTATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861005010     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.5123     Document Type: Article

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