The risk of hepatitis B virus infection by transfusion in Kumasi, Ghana

The risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission by transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa is considered to be relatively low, and testing of blood donors is often not done or is done relatively poorly. To re-examine this attitude, we identified HBV chronically infected blood donors from a major hospital...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Blood 2003-03, Vol.101 (6), p.2419-2425
Hauptverfasser:	Allain, Jean-Pierre, Candotti, Daniel, Soldan, Kate, Sarkodie, Francis, Phelps, Bruce, Giachetti, Cristina, Shyamala, Venkatakrishna, Yeboah, Francis, Anokwa, Margaret, Owusu-Ofori, Shirley, Opare-Sem, Ohene
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood Donors Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis Child Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control DNA, Viral - blood Ghana Hepatitis B - diagnosis Hepatitis B - transmission Hepatitis B Antibodies - blood Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood Hepatitis B virus - genetics Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology Human viral diseases Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Infectious diseases Medical sciences Risk Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Transfusion Reaction Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy Tropical medicine Viral diseases Viral hepatitis Viral Load
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