Post-transfusion hepatitis C seroprevalence in Tanzanian children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-348

  Kitundu, J ^a   Msengi, A ^a   Matee, M ^a   Fataki, M ^a   Kazimoto, T ^a   Mpembeni, R ^a   Mnubhi, E ^a   Kalokola, F ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEPATITIS;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0035179093     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07430170120093535     Document Type: Article

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