Prevalence of antibodies to heaptitis E virus among male blood donors in Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Taremi, M ^a   Gachkar, L ^a   MahmoudArabi, S ^a   Kheradpezhouh, M ^a   Khoshbaten, M ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; VOLUNTEER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD DONORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34347354510     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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