Serological findings amongst first-time blood donors in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Is safe donation a reality or a myth?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Mbanya, Dora N ^a,b   Takam, D ^a   Ndumbet, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b NONE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; First time blood donors; HBV; HCV; HIV; HTLV I; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAMEROON; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0344896546     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2003.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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