Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus among healthy voluntary first-time blood donors in Kolkata

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 86-90

  Das, B K ^a   Gayen, B K ^a   Aditya, Subhra ^a   Chakrovorty, Sumit Kumar ^a   Datta, P K ^a   Joseph, Ajay ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blood Donors; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Seroprevalence; Transfusion Transmitted Infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 80054809560     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.85758     Document Type: Article

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