Rapid and simple hepatitis assays: Encouraging results from a blood donor population in Zimbabwe

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Mvere, D ^a   Constantine, N T ^b   Katsawde, E ^a   Tobaiwa, O ^a   Dambire, S ^a   Corcoran, P ^c  

^a National Blood Transfusion Service   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ZIMBABWE;

BLOOD DONORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0029944282     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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