Use of replacement blood donors to study the epidemiology of major blood-borne viruses in the general population of Maputo, Mozambique

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1832-1840

  Cunha, Lina ^a   Plouzeau, Chloé ^b   Ingrand, Pierre ^b   Gudo, Joël Paulo Samo ^a   Ingrand, Isabelle ^b   Mondlane, José ^a   Beauchant, Michel ^b   Agius, Gérard ^b,c  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatotropic viruses; Replacement blood donors; Retroviruses

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCUMCISION; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE MARKER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TATTOOING; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 35548999551     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21010     Document Type: Article

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