Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors in Northwest Ethiopia, 1995-2002

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-107

  Kassu, Afework ^a,d   Moges, Feleke ^a   Mekonnen, Firew ^b   Mengistu, Getahun ^b   Abate, Ebba ^b   Mekonnen, Endris ^b   Molla, Kassie ^b   Zewde, Tessema ^b   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Wondmikun, Yared ^b   Ota, Fusao ^d  

^a Department of Microbiology and Parasitology ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33645871849     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506776593567     Document Type: Article

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