Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus among blood donors in Nyala, South Dar Fur, Sudan

Virology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abou, Mustafa Abdalla Ali ^a,b   Eltahir, Yassir Mohammed ^c   Ali, Abdelwahid Saeed ^d  

^a State Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^b UNAMID Level 1 Clinic   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NYALA   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUDAN; TATTOOING; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049169741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-146     Document Type: Article

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