Transmission of hepatitis-B virus through salivary blood group antigens in saliva

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 444-448

  Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^a   Abdo, Ayman Assad ^a   Sanie, Faisal M ^b   Baksh, Nawab Din ^a   Al Qahtani, Ahmed ^c   Shaikh, Zahoor Ali ^a   Al Drees, Abdul Majeed ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Non secretors; Saliva; Salivary blood group; Secretor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; SALIVA;

EID: 77955897920     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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