Seroprevalence of sexually transmitted infections among accepted and deferred blood donors in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Vickers, I E ^a   Brathwaite, A R ^b   Levy, M ^a   Figueroa, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 33746529940     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000200005     Document Type: Article

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