Patterns of infections among blood donors in a tertiary care centre: A retrospective study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-149

  Gagandeep, Kaur ^a   Basu, Sabita ^a   Kaur, Ravneet ^a   Kaur, Paramjit ^a   Garg, Shailja ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DONOR SELECTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RATE; MIXED INFECTION; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954830589     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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