Transmission of hepatitis C virus: A study of the main risk factors in a Sicilian population of volunteer blood donors

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 150-153

  Soresi, M ^a   Mazzola, A ^b   Carroccio, A ^a   Agliastroa, R ^b   Magliarisi, C ^a   Cassara A ^b   Cartabellotta, A ^a   Bascone, F ^a   Montalto, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

^c Cattedra di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; Blood donors; HCV transmission; Hepatitis C virus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0031936426     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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