Geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in pakistan

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Khan, Nasar ^a   Akmal, Muhammad ^a   Hayat, Muhammad ^a   Umar, Muhammad ^a   Ullah, Atta ^a   Ahmed, Iqbal ^a   Rahim, Kashif ^a   Ali, Sadar ^a   Bahadar, Sulaiman ^a   Saleha, Shamim ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Distribution Patterns; Geographical Regions; HCV Genotypes; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 5; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 2A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 2B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 3A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 3B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908234994     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.20299     Document Type: Article

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