Epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus / Nick Crofts, Sandy Thompson, John Kaldor.
Epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus / Nick Crofts, Sandy Thompson, John Kaldor.
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Canberra : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Aged Care, 1999.
Date
1999.
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NQ614.593623/8
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 193 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents
1. Virology - consequences of infection -- 2. Diagnostic tests for hepatitis C virus infection -- 3. Methodological issues in hepatitis C virus epidemiology -- 4. Populations at risk and transmission pathways -- 5. Pathogenesis and natural history -- 6. Treatment -- 7. Hepatitis C virus infection in...
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Publisher
Canberra : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Aged Care, 1999.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
1999.
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Commonwealth of Australia 1999.
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Summary
The availability since 1990 of commercial assays to test for infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) enabled investigation of its epidemiology to begin in earnest. Current serological assays do not distinguish between incident and old infections, or whether infections acquired have resolved or remain to cause ongoing liver damage. Measurement of...
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Epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus / Nick Crofts, Sandy Thompson, John Kaldor.
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Technical report series / Communicable Diseases Network Australia and New Zealand ; no. 3.
Bibliography: p. 147-193.
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Also available online via the World Wide Web.
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NQ614.593623/8
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74VvEkbWE7kA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEkbWE7kA
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614.5936230994
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991011732509702626
