Seropositivity and coinfection of hepatitis B and C among patients seeking hospital care in Islamabad, Pakistan

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Khan, Jafar ^a   Shafiq, Mehwish ^a   Mushtaq, Sameera ^a   Ayaz, Sultan ^a   Ullah, Riaz ^b   Abdei Salam, Naser M ^c   Fouad, H ^c   Wasim, Mohammad Abdul ^d  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Government College Ara Khel FR Kohat   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904097325     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/516859     Document Type: Article

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