Use of Blood Donor Screening to Monitor Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Viruses, South Africa

Among 397,640 first-time blood donors screened in South Africa during 2012–2015, HIV prevalence was 1.13%, hepatitis B virus prevalence 0.66%, and hepatitis C virus prevalence 0.03%. Findings of note were a high HIV prevalence in Mpumalanga Province and the near absence of hepatitis C virus nationwi...

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Autores principales: Vermeulen, Marion, Swanevelder, Ronel, Chowdhury, Dhuly, Ingram, Charlotte, Reddy, Ravi, Bloch, Evan M., Custer, Brian S., Murphy, Edward L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161594

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.161594

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