Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in north-eastern Poland

Hepatology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-210

  Chlabicz, Sławomir ^a   Bonifatiuk, Izabela ^b   Radziwon, Piotr ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b Regional Blood Transfusion Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Hepatitis C; Viral markers

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 29144488080     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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