A study on the HBV and the HCV infections in female sex workers and their co-infection with HIV

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-237

  Desai Praseeda, S ^a   Anuradha, Dutta ^b   Shastri Jayanthi, S ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

FSW; HBV; HCV; HIV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84873909718     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4322.2735     Document Type: Article

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