Prevalence of hepatitis C and B virus among patients infected with HIV: A cross-sectional analysis of a large HIV care programme in Myanmar

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-115

  Zaw, Sai ko ko ^a   Tun, Sai Thein than ^a   Thida, Aye ^a   Aung, Thet ko ^a   Maung, Win ^b   Shwe, Myint ^b   Aye, Mar Mar ^c   Clevenbergh, Phillipe ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Myanmar)

^c Mandalay General Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

co infection; hepatitis; HIV; mode of transmission; prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

CO-INFECTION; HEPATITIS; HIV; MODE OF TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84890160714     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475513493416     Document Type: Article

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