Occult hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors with antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-32

  Jafarzadeh, Abdollah ^a   Kazemi Arababadi, M ^a   Mirzaee, M ^a   Pourazar, A ^b  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti HBc antibody; Blood donors; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B virus infection

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; SCREENING;

EID: 44849144064     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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