Prevalence of active hepatitis C virus infections among general public of Lahore, Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Anwar, Muhammad Ikram ^a   Rahman, Moazur ^a   Hassan, Mahmood Ul ^b   Iqbal, Mazhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active HCV prevalence; Lahore; Nested PCR; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA, VIRAL; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889018728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-351     Document Type: Article

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