Hepatitis C antibody prevalence in blood donors in different governorates in Egypt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-274

  Arthur, Ray R ^a,b,d   Hassan, Nassef Farahat ^a   Abdallah, Mahasan Yousef ^c   El Sharkawy, Mohamed Said ^c   Saad, Magdy Darwish ^a   Hackbart, Barbara G ^a   Imam, Imam Zaghloul ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^d Box 5000   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Egypt; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; SEROPREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030925150     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90070-5     Document Type: Article

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