Seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in a tertiary care hospital of Andhra Pradesh

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Bhawani, Yedlapati ^a   Raghava Rao, P ^a   Sudhakar, V ^b  

^a KIMS   (India)

^b SCODS   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84857445489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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