Evaluation of two rapid hepatitis B surface antigen detection tests for screening in a blood bank

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 717-718

  Verstraeten, T ^a,b   Keya, A ^a  

^a Kajiado District Hospital   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

BLOOD BANKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KENYA; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031409911     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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