Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dongdem, Julius Tieroyaare ^a   Kampo, Sylvanus ^a,b   Soyiri, Ireneous N ^c,d   Asebga, Patrick Nsobila ^b   Ziem, Juventus B ^a,b   Sagoe, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857202846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-115     Document Type: Article

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