The risk of hepatitis B virus infection by transfusion in Kumasi, Ghana

Blood

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2419-2425

  Allain, Jean Pierre ^a   Candotti, Daniel ^b   Soldan, Kate ^b   Sarkodie, Francis ^b   Phelps, Bruce ^b   Giachetti, Cristina ^b   Shyamala, Venkatakrishna ^b   Yeboah, Francis ^b   Anokwa, Margaret ^b   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^b   Opare Sem, Ohene ^b  

^a East Anglia Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037443552     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-04-1084     Document Type: Article

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