Seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in pregnant women attending public sector tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad Sindh

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bibi, Seema ^a   Dars, Saira ^b   Ashfaq, Sanober ^b   Qazi, Roshan Ara ^a   Akhund, Sadaf ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Liaquat University Eye Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C infection; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875681971     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.292.3211     Document Type: Article

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