Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection among patients attending serology laboratory of Gondar University Hospital

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tesfa, Habtie ^a   Biadgo, Belete ^a   Getachew, Fasika ^a   Tegegne, Kifle ^a   Yismaw, Gizachew ^a   Muluye, Dagnachew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84877003436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-164     Document Type: Article

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