Prevalence of hepatitis G virus among Tunisian blood donors;Prévalence du virus de l'hépatite G chez les donneurs de sang en Tunisie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1053-1060

  Mastouri, M ^a   Safer, L ^b   Pozzetto, B ^c   Bourlet, T ^d   Khedher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; TUNISIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD DONORS; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 33744823781     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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