Rising burden of Hepatitis C Virus in hemodialysis patients.

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Published in Virol J on September 13, 2011

Authors

Sanaullah Khan1, Sobia Attaullah, Ijaz Ali, Sultan Ayaz, Naseemullah, Shahid Niaz Khan, Sami Siraj, Jabbar Khan

Author Affiliations

1: Molecular Parasitology and Virology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. sanaullahkust@gmail.com

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