Trends in transfusion-transmitted viral infections from 2001 to 2006 in ibadan, nigeria

Intervirology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 427-431

  Fasola, Foluke A ^a,b   Kotila, Taiwo R ^a   Akinyemi, Joshua O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Test kits, blood

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 62849115498     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209671     Document Type: Article

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