African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Full Length Research Paper

Prevalence of HEV markers among healthy and patients with hepatitis B and C in Upper Egypt

A. M. El-Adly
  • A. M. El-Adly
  • Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 71524 Assiut, Egypt.
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  •  Received: 22 July 2019
  •  Accepted: 05 September 2019
  •  Published: 31 October 2019

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