Guidelines for the detection of a common source of hepatitis B virus infections

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 76-78

  Pourkarim, Mahmoud Reza ^a,b   van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b HIGH INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Guidelines as topic; Hepatitis B virus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80355130114     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.773     Document Type: Editorial

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