Epidemiology of blood-borne viruses: A study of healthy blood donors in Southern Pakistan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 703-706

  Kakepoto, Ghulam N ^a   Bhally, Hasan S ^a   Khaliq, Gulnaz ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a   Burney, Ikram A ^a   Siddiqui, Tariq ^a   Khurshid, Muhammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030310101     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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