Progress toward prevention of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 29, 2014, Pages 613-619

  Apata, Ibironke W ^a   Averhoff, Francisco ^b   Pitman, John ^a   Bjork, Adam ^a   Yu, Junping ^c   Amin, Noryati Abu ^c   Dhingra, Neelam ^c   Kolwaite, Amy ^b   Marfin, Anthony ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84904581052     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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