Seroepidemiological prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) among healthy blood donors in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-367

  Fathalla, Sami E ^a,b   Al Jama, Abdulaziz A ^a   Al Sheikh, Iman H ^a   Islam, Sherief I A M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MYOPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032453140     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.366     Document Type: Article

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