Risk factors for infection with different hepatitis C virus genotypes in southern Brazil

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Paraboni, Marisa Lcia Romani ^a   Sbeghen, Marina Dallagasperina ^a   Wolff, Fernando Herz ^b   Moreira, Leila Beltrami ^b,c  

^a Universidade Regional Integrada Campus Erechim ^*  (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment (IATS) CNPq   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACCIDENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY PIERCING; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INHALATION; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TATTOOING; TRANSPLANTATION; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862339705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/946954     Document Type: Article

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