Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay based detection and prevalence of HCV infection in district Peshawar Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ilyas, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Irshad ^b  

^a Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CMIA; HCV; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904083069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-127     Document Type: Article

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