Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among blood donors at a tertiary care hospital in India: A five-year study

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 198-202

  Meena, Monika ^a   Jindal, Tarun ^a   Hazarika, Anjali ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651363730     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02801.x     Document Type: Article

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