Epidemiology, serological markers, and hepatic disease of anti-HCV ELISA-2-positive blood donors

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1933-1938

  Salmeron F J ^a,b   Palacios, A ^a   Perez Ruiz M ^a   Torres, C ^a   Oyonarte, S ^a   Fernandez Montoya A ^a   Ruiz Extremera, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Epidemiology; HCV RNA; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; MARKER; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0029862825     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02093592     Document Type: Article

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