Sexual transmission of the hepatitis B virus among blood donors in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 944-947

  Adekanle, Olusegun ^a   Ndububa, D A ^a   Ayodeji, O O ^b   Paul Odo, B ^b   Folorunso, T A ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood; Hospital; Institution; Transmission; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUACKERY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951829314     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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