HBV, HCV co-infection among blood donors in Nigeria

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-183

  Opaleye, O O ^a   Zakariyahu, T O ^a   Tijani, B A ^a   Bakarey, A S ^b  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77749255895     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.59229     Document Type: Letter

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