Screening for HBsAg, anti-HIV, anti-HCV and syphilis amongst blood donors in a teaching hospital

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-159

  Joshi, R M ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^a   Jain, Bobby ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Basu, Sabita ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BLOOD; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BLOOD DONORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; SYPHILIS;

EID: 1542740203     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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