The pattern of transmission transfusion virus infection in Egyptian patients [6]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-331

  Zekri, Abdel Rahman Nabawi ^a,c   Sedkey, Lobna ^a   El Din, Hanaa M Alam ^a   Abdel Aziz, Ashraf O ^a   Viazov, Sergei ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 12244272394     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(02)90173-6     Document Type: Letter

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