Individual donor nucleic acid testing for blood safety against HIV-1 and hepatitis b and c viruses in a tertiary care hospital

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-209

  Chatterjee, K ^a   Coshic, P ^a   Borgohain, M ^a   Premchand, ^a   Thapliyal, R M ^a   Chakroborty, S ^a   Sunder, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INDIVIDUAL DONOR NUCLEIC ACID TESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DNA, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872032020     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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