Prevalence of hepatitis B & hepatitis C virus infections in potential blood donors in rural Vietnam

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Viet, Le ^a,c   Lan, Nguyen Thi Ngoc ^a   Ty, Phung Xuan ^a   Björkvoll, Björn ^b   Hoel, Hedda ^b   Gutteberg, Tore ^b,c   Husebekk, Anne ^b,c   Larsen, Stig ^d   Skjerve, Eystein ^d   Husum, Hans ^b,c  

^a Quang Tri Provincial Preventive Medicine Centre   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Blood donor screening; HBsAg; Hepatitis B core antibody; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis C virus; Occult hepatitis B infection; Safe blood transfusion; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; VIET NAM;

BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84865522875     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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