Transfusion-transmitted virus in association with hepatitis A-E viral infections in various forms of liver diseases in India

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2432-2436

  Irshad, M ^a   Sharma, Y ^a   Dhar, I ^a   Singh, J ^a   Joshi, Y K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AVH; HCV; Hepatitis; Transfusion transmitted virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646453211     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2432     Document Type: Article

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