Variation in the host ABO blood group may be associated with susceptibility to hepatitis C virus infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1096-1099

  Behal, R ^a   Jain, R ^b   Behal, K K ^a   Dhole, T N ^c  

^a CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; blood donors; hepatitis C virus; risk factors; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77954920246     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991117     Document Type: Article

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