Transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 794-797

  Shrestha, Ashish Chandra ^a   Ghimre, Prakash ^a   Tiwari, Bishnu Raj ^b   Rajkarnikar, Manita ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Central Blood Transfusion Service   (Nepal)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; HIV; Seroprevalence; Syphilis; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 73649117431     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.311     Document Type: Article

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