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Prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis C virus infection in Brazil, 2005 through 2009: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C chronic liver disease is a major cause of liver transplant in developed countries. This article reports the first nationwide population-based survey conducted to estimate the seroprevalence of HCV antibodies and associated risk factors in the urban population of Brazil. METHO...
Autores principales: | Pereira, Leila MMB, Martelli, Celina MT, Moreira, Regina C, Merchan-Hamman, Edgar, Stein, Airton T, Cardoso, Regina Maria A, Figueiredo, Gerusa M, Montarroyos, Ulisses R, Braga, Cynthia, Turchi, Marília D, Coral, Gabriela, Crespo, Deborah, Lima, Maria Luiza C, Alencar, Luis Claudio A, Costa, Marcelo, dos Santos, Alex A, Ximenes, Ricardo AA |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23374914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-60 |
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