Hepatitis B and C infections and different genotypes of HCV among sickle cell anemia patients in Ahvaz, South-Western Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ghafourian Boroujerdnia, Mehri ^a   Assarehzadegan, Mohammad Ali ^a   Zandian, Khodamorad ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anemia; Genotype; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84880822399     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.6368     Document Type: Article

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