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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2007; 13(8): 1204-1207
Published online Feb 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i8.1204
Published online Feb 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i8.1204
Epidemiology and transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses in Kazakhstan
Zhannat Z Nurgalieva, S Zhangabylova, Abai Zhangabylov, Department of Faculty Therapy, Kazakh National Medical University named after SD Asfendiarov, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Zhannat Z Nurgalieva, F Blaine Hollinger, David Y Graham, Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
F Blaine Hollinger, David Y Graham, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Office of Research and Development Medical Research Service Department of Veterans Affairs; Public Health Service grant DK56338 which funds the Texas Gulf Coast Digestive Diseases Center; the Eugene B. Casey Foundation and the William and Sonya Carpenter Fund, Baylor College of Medicine
Correspondence to: David Y Graham, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111D), 2002 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, Texas 77030, United States. dgraham@bcm.tmc.edu
Telephone: +1-713-7950232 Fax: +1-713-7901040
Received: October 22, 2006
Revised: December 1, 2006
Accepted: January 26, 2007
Published online: February 28, 2007
Revised: December 1, 2006
Accepted: January 26, 2007
Published online: February 28, 2007
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