Common transfusion-trasmitted infectious agents among thalassaemic children in Bangladesh

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Mollah, Abid Hossain ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Siddique, A ^b   Anwar, Kazi Selim ^c   Hassan, Tariq ^a   Azam, Golam ^b  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Blood transfusion; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis delta virus; HIV; Thalassaemia; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; THALASSEMIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0038325575     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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