Presence and significance of transfusion-transmitted virus infection in Iranian patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Kheradpezhouh, Maryam ^a,d   Taremi, Mahnaz ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^b   Aghabozorgi, Sohrab ^b   Khoshbaten, Manouchehr ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hepatitis; Iran; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS NON A TO G; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 34347241373     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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