Temporal trends in hepatitis B and C infection in family blood donors from interior Sindh, Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mujeeb, Syed A ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^b  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42549089579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-43     Document Type: Article

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