Hepatitis C virus in Arab world: A state of concern

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Daw, Mohamed A ^a   Dau, Aghnaya A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON PLUS RIBAVIRIN; HEPATITIS C VACCINE;

ALGERIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ASIA; BAHRAIN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAQ; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAURITANIA; MIXED INFECTION; MOROCCO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OMAN; PALESTINE; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; QATAR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEMEN; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE EAST; STATISTICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862320585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/719494     Document Type: Review

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