Prevalence of HBV infection in suspected population of conflict-affected area of war against terrorism in North Waziristan FATA Pakistan

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1865-1869

  Ali, Amjad ^a   Nisar, Muhammad ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^b   Ahmad, Habib ^c   Hussain, Abrar ^b   Rafique, Shazia ^b   Sabri, Sabeen ^b   Rehman, Habib ur ^d   Ali, Liaqat ^b   Wazir, Shariatullah ^a   Khan, Tariq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d District Head Quarter Hospital Mardan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HBV; North Waziristan; Risk factors; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRORISM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERRORISM; WAR;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84866492997     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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