Association of HCV and Treponema pallidum Infection in HIV Infected Northeastern Thai Male Blood Donors

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Barusrux, Sahawat ^a,b   Urwijitaroon, Yupa ^a,b   Puapairoj, Chintana ^a   Romphruk, Amornrat ^a   Sriwanitchrak, Pramote ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD DONORS--MEN; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS--MEN; HIV INFECTIONS--MEN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS--MEN; THAILAND; VASCULARIZATION; VIRAL DISEASES;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BLOOD DONORS--MEN; BLOOD SUPPLY; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEPATITIS--MEN; HIV INFECTIONS--MEN; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SYPHILIS--MEN; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; THAILAND;

EID: 0005131049     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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