Ascertaining the prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in voluntary blood donors: A study from Central India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 408-

  Punde, Ram P ^a   Bhargava, Arpit ^a   Varshney, S ^a   Pathak, Neelam ^a   Shrivastava, Manisha ^a   Mishra, Pradyumna K ^a  

^a BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79959204826     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.81592     Document Type: Letter

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