The distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in middle eastern countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Ghaderi Zefrehi, Hossein ^a,b   Gholami Fesharaki, Mohammad ^b   Sharafi, Heidar ^a   Sadeghi, Farzin ^c   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C; Meta analysis; Middle east

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84988596735     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.40357     Document Type: Article

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