Introducing anti-HBc screening in Germany - Possible implications for the blood donation service

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-458

  Zeiler, Thomas ^a,b   Karger, Ralf ^a   Slonka, Janus ^a   Radsak, Klaus ^a   Kretschmer, Volker ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Hepatitis B; Transfusion transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECIPIENT; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 33749414421     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094784     Document Type: Article

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