Anti hepatitis E virus seropositivity in a group of male blood donors in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-189

  Johargy, Ayman Khalid ^a   Mahomed, Mahomed Farouk ^a   Khan, Mohammad Mubashir ^a   Kabrah, Saeed ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood donors; ELISA IgG; HEV; IgM; Makkah; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84873847542     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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