Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus in haemophiliacs in Jamaica

Human Antibodies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 61-64

  Wharfe, Gilian ^a   Smikle, Monica ^a   Dowe, Gwendolyn ^a   Buchner, Loretta ^a   Choo Kang, Eric ^a   Graham, Sherome ^a   King, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Haemophiliac; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Inactivation; Viral

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TRANSFUSION; AGE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMOPHILIA A; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 1842869292     PISSN: 10932607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/hab-2002-11301     Document Type: Article

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