Seroprevalence of anti-HDV Ab and socioepidemiological characteristics among HBsAG-positive blood donors in Charmahal-o-Bakhtiyari province, Iran

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-131

  Tajbakhsh, Elahe ^a   Abbasian, Behnam ^a   Esmaeili, Abolghasem ^b   Behjati, Mohaddeseh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Hepatitis D virus; Iran; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TATTOOING;

EID: 79952481046     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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