Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in blood donors in the middle west region of Brazil


Autoria(s): Aguiar,José Ivan; Aguiar,Eliana; Paniago,Anamaria; Cunha,Rivaldo; Galvão,Luciney; Daher,Roberto
Data(s)

01/02/2001

Resumo

The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in 552 prime blood donors was of 9.4%. The majority (71.2%) has antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen. The hepatitis B surface antigen was present in 0.7%, all of them antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen positive.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000200009

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.96 n.2 2001

Palavras-Chave #antibodies to hepatitis B antigen #hepatitis B #hepatitis C
Tipo

journal article