Expansion of Saudi Blood Donor Pool by Better Screening and Vaccination Practices
Autor: | Stener Bernvil, Hanan H. Balkhy, Laila Qasem, Ali H. Hajeer, Waleed Tamimi, Ahmad Alsohabani, Zaid Memish, Abdulla Alkhashan |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
HBsAg Clinical Biochemistry Immunology Population Saudi Arabia Blood Donors Humans Mass Screening Immunology and Allergy Medicine education Letter to the Editor Mass screening education.field_of_study business.industry Vaccination Hepatitis B medicine.disease Blood donor Practice Guidelines as Topic National guard business Demography |
Zdroj: | Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 10:1159-1160 |
ISSN: | 1556-679X 1556-6811 |
Popis: | Over a 10-year period, significant decreases in the prevalences of HBsAg and anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) were noted among the Saudi National Guard blood donor population ( P < 0.0001), with a chief impact of fewer rejected donors. Two important points rise as plausible explanations for such |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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