Significant increase in HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis infections among blood donors in West Bengal, Eastern India 2004-2005: Exploratory screening reveals high frequency of occult HBV infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 3730-3733

  Bhattacharya, Prasun ^a   Chandra, Partha Kumar ^b   Datta, Sibnarayan ^b   Banerjee, Arup ^b   Chakraborty, Subhashish ^a   Rajendran, Krishnan ^c   Basu, Subir Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^c   Chakravarty, Runu ^b  

^a Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Occult HBV infection

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 34547632205     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3730     Document Type: Article

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