Screening test accuracy among potential blood donors of HBsAg, anti-HBC and anti-HCV to detect hepatitis B and C virus infection in rural Cambodia and Vietnam

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1127-1135

  Bjoerkvoll, Bjoern ^a   Le Viet, ^b   Ol, Ha Sam ^c   Lan, Nguyen Thi Ngoc ^b   Sothy, Sin ^c   Hoel, Hedda ^a   Gutteberg, Tore ^a,d   Husebekk, Anne ^a,d   Larsen, Stig ^e   Husum, Hans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Quang Tri Health Service   (Norway)

^c Trauma Care Foundation Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood antibodies donor screening; Cambodia; Hepatitis B core antibody (anti HBc); Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg); Hepatitis C (anti HCV); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Rapid test; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CAMBODIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CAMBODIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIETNAM;

EID: 79952112465     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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