High prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among male blood donors in a developing country: Urgent need for systematic screening [2]

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 712-713

  Tareen, Sanaullah ^a   Eslick, Guy D ^a   Kam, Elisa P Y ^a   Byles, Julie E ^a   Durrani, A Baqi ^a   Maree, Sham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036383783     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147804     Document Type: Letter

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