Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in potential blood donors in rural Cambodia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 963-971

  Ol, Ha Sam ^a   Bjoerkvoll, Bjoern ^b   Sothy, Sin ^c   Heng, Yang Van ^a   Hoel, Hedda ^b   Husebekk, Anne ^b,d   Gutteberg, Tore ^d,e   Larsen, Stig ^f   Husum, Hans ^b,d  

^a Trauma Care Foundation Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Blood Transfusion Center   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e Department of Microbiology and Infection Control ^*

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349814445     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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