Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen and occult hepatitis B virus infections in Korean blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1840-1846

  Seo, Dong Hee ^a,b,c,d,e   Whang, Dong Hee ^a,b,c,d,e   Song, Eun Young ^a,b,c,d,e   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a,b,c,d,e   Park, Quehn ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Doo San Engineering Center   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Korean Red Cross   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051629501     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03056.x     Document Type: Article

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