The prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies among the voluntary blood donors of New Delhi, India

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 695-698

  Jain, A ^a   Rana, S S ^a   Chakravarty, P ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Murthy, N S ^a   Nath, M C ^b   Gururaja, S ^c   Chaturvedi, N ^d   Verma, U ^e   Kar, P ^a,f  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^c G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^d DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^e HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

^f NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibodies; Hepatitis C seroepidemiology; Hepatitis C virus; Voluntary blood donors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0043023638     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024887211146     Document Type: Article

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