Epidemiological profile of hepatitis C in blood donors at the Uberaba Regional Blood center

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Garcia, Fernanda Bernadelli ^a   Pereira, Gilberto De Araújo ^a   Martins, Paulo Roberto Juliano ^a   Moraes Souza, Helio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hemocentro Regional de Uberaba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C; Serological screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 63049137159     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000100001     Document Type: Article

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