Hepatitis C virus genotypes among multiply transfused hemoglobinopathy patients from Northern Iraq

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-34

  Othman, Adil A ^a   Eissa, Adil A ^b   Markous, Raji D ^c   Ahmed, Bayram D ^c   Al Allawi, Nasir A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAKHO   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

^c Central Public Health Laboratories   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Genotype 4; genotyping; hepatitis C virus; Iraq

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894186015     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.126687     Document Type: Article

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