High prevalence of hepatitis B, C and delta virus infections among blood donors in Mongolia

Archives of Virology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2513-2528

  Tsatsralt Od, B ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Nishizawa, T ^a   Inoue, J ^a,b   Ulaankhuu, D ^c   Okamoto, H ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Blood Center of Mongolia   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONGOLIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONGOLIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIREMIA;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 27844497085     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-005-0590-1     Document Type: Article

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