Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections among patients with chronic hepatitis at Bereka Medical Center, Southeast Ethiopia: A retrospective study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Taye, Solomon ^a   Abdulkerim, Awel ^a   Hussen, Mohammed ^b  

^a MADDA WALABU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Bereka Medical Center   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C cirus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901437948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-272     Document Type: Article

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