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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...
Autores principales: | Vermeulen, Marion, Swanevelder, Ronel, Chowdhury, Dhuly, Ingram, Charlotte, Reddy, Ravi, Bloch, Evan M., Custer, Brian S., Murphy, Edward L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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