Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in urban ghettos of twin cities

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 937-943

  Satti, Rubab ^a   Mustafa, Farah ^b,c   Khan, Muhammad Imran ^b   Haq, Tahmina Sultana ^a   Khan, Ziad Umar ^a   Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Taslim Ur Rasool, Sahibzada ^a   Azam, Maleeha ^b   Ajmal, Muhammad ^a,b   Qamar, Raheel ^a,b  

^a SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

HCV RNA; HCV seroprevalence; HCV transmission; Hepatitis C Virus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN AREA;

ISLAMABAD [PAKISTAN]; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; RAWALPINDI;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84865685396     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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