Significance of isolated hepatitis B core antibody in blood donors from São Paulo

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 203-208

  De Almeida Neto, Cesar ^a   Strauss, Edna ^b   Sabino, Esther Cerdeira ^b   Sucupira, Maria Cecília Araripe ^b   Chamone, Dalton De Alencar Fischer ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Antibodies; HBV vaccine; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD DONORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035409756     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652001000400005     Document Type: Article

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