The prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV among Filipino blood donors and overseas work visa applicants

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Yanase, Yumiko ^a,b   Ohida, Takashi ^b   Kaneita, Yoshitaka ^b   Agdamag, Dorothy May D ^c   Leaño, Prisca Susan A ^c   Gill, Christopher J ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c San Lazaro Hospital   (Philippines)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKER;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33846820204     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.033365     Document Type: Article

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