Quantifying current hepatitis C virus incidence in Egypt

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 666-667

  Miller, F D ^a   Abu Raddad, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVALIDITY; LETTER; LIFESPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84881455880     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12090     Document Type: Letter

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