Prevalance and trends of markers of hepatitis C virus hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus in Delhi blood donors: A hospital based study

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 389-391

  Pahuja, Sangeeta ^a   Sharma, Meenal ^a,b   Baitha, Buddhan ^a   Jain, Manjula ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 36549057033     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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