Prevalence of HCV among the young male blood donors of Quetta region of Balochistan, Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Khan, Ayesha ^a,b   Tareen, Abdul Malik ^a   Ikram, Aamer ^c   Rahman, Hazir ^b   Wadood, Abdul ^a   Qasim, Muhammad ^b   Khan, Kalimullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay; Hepatitis C virus; Immunochromatography; Pakistan; Quetta

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84874813779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-83     Document Type: Article

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