The seroprevalence of hepatitis C antibodies in immigrants and refugees from intermediate and high endemic countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Greenaway, Christina ^a,b,c   Ma, Ann Thu ^d   Kloda, Lorie A ^c   Klein, Marina ^e   Cnossen, Sonya ^b   Schwarzer, Guido ^f   Shrier, Ian ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REFUGEE; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; META ANALYSIS; MIGRANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; REFUGEES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955514796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141715     Document Type: Article

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