Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses infection among military personnel at Bahir Dar Armed Forces General Hospital, Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Birku, Tigist ^a   Gelaw, Baye ^a   Moges, Feleke ^a   Assefa, Abate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Military personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956913058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1719-2     Document Type: Article

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