Prevalence of HBV and HCV among blood donors in Kosovo

Virology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fejza, Hajrullah ^a   Telaku, Skender ^b  

^a Municipality of Prishtina ^*  (Macedonia)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER OF KOSOVO   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; YUGOSLAVIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 61649084030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-21     Document Type: Article

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