Prevalence of Plasmodia and hepatitis B virus co-infection in blood donors at Bishop Murray Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-226

  Aernan, Paulyn Tracy ^a   Sar, Terdzungwe Thaddaeus ^a   Torkula, Simon Hiifan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Co infection; HBV; Makurdi; Plasmodia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; COINFECTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953855358     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60074-6     Document Type: Article

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