Age- and gender-specific distributions of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Japanese HBV-positive blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1314-1320

  Yoshikawa, Akira ^a   Gotanda, Yuko ^b   Suzuki, Yoshiharu ^b   Tanaka, Masako ^b   Matsukura, Harumichi ^b   Shiraishi, Toshio ^b   Matsubayashi, Keiji ^b   Kon, Emi ^b   Suzuki, Ko ^b   Yugi, Hisao ^b  

^a Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649920743     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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