Screening for viral markers in volunteer and replacement blood donors in West Africa

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 142-147

  Sarkodie, F ^a   Adarkwa, M ^a   Adu Sarkodie, Y ^a   Candotti, D ^b   Acheampong, J W ^a   Allain, J P ^c,d  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d East Anglia Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood screening; HBV; HCV; HIV; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIREMIA; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0035323747     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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