Hepatitis C virus infection-associated markers in sera from blood donors in Surabaya, Indonesia

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 401-405

  Darmadi, Siswanto ^a   Soetjipto, ^a   Handajani, Retno ^a   Lusida, Maria Inge ^a   Soemarto, ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^b   Ishido, Satoshi ^c   Hotta, Hak ^c  

^a AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood donor; HCV markers; Indonesia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029897188     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01086.x     Document Type: Article

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