Sero-epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, and syphilis infections among first-time blood donors in Edéa, Cameroon

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Noubiap, Jean Jacques N ^a   Joko, Walburga Yvonne A ^b   Nansseu, Jobert Richie N ^c   Tene, Ulrich Gaël ^a   Siaka, Christian ^a  

^a Internal Medicine Unit Edea Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

^b DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c Department of Paediatrics   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Cameroon; HBV; HCV; HIV; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TEST STRIP; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

BLOOD DONORS; CAMEROON; HBV; HCV; HIV; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; CAMEROON; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883783719     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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