dc.contributor.author | Gangaidzo, I.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moyo, V.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Khumalo, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Saungweme, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zar Gomo | |
dc.contributor.author | Rouault, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gordeuk, V.R. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | United Kingdom | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-01T13:40:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-07-01T13:40:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gangaidzo, I.T. et al., (1997) Hepatitis C virus in Zimbabwe, Central African Journal of Medicine, vol. 43, no. 5, pp.122-126. Harare; CAJM. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-9176 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/12038 | |
dc.description | A research article on the prevalence of the Hepatitis C virus in Zimbabwe | en |
dc.description.abstract | Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe, accounting for more than six per cent of the deaths in three medical wards of Harare Central Hospital (IT Gangaidzo, 1994, unpublished observations). In western countries, HCV infection is the most common cause of chronic viral hepatitis and ranks a slight second below chronic alcoholism as a cause of cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatoma | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.title | Hepatitis C virus in Zimbabwe | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Faculty of Medicine. | en |