Screening and confirmation of anti-HCV antibodies in Tunisian blood donors;Depistage et confirmation des anticorps anti-VHC chez les donneurs de sang tunisiens

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Abid, S ^a   Fkih, S ^a   Khlass, B ^a   Cherif, W ^a   Toumi, N H ^b   Jenhani, F ^a   Boukef, K ^a  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

anti HCV; blood donors; enzyme immuno assay; hepatitis C virus; immuno blot; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; TUNISIA; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNISIA;

EID: 0030612032     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1246-7820(97)80085-7     Document Type: Article

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