Trends in transfusion transmitted infections among replacement blood donors in Karachi, Pakistan;Karaçi, Pakistan'daki kan baǧışçılarında transfüzyonla bulaşan enfeksiyonların yaygınlıǧı

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-167

  Irfan, Syed Mohammad ^a   Uddin, Jamal ^a   Zaheer, Hasan Abbas ^b   Sultan, Sadia ^a   Baig, Amjad ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Replacement blood donors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MIXED INFECTION; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84879147688     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: 13085263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Tjh.2012.0132     Document Type: Article

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