Seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible viral markers in sickle cell disease patients and healthy controls in Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria: A case–control study

Background: The risk of acquiring transfusion transmissible viral infections is said to be higher in patients requiring regular blood transfusions such as those with sickle cell disease (SCD). Aim: We determined the seroprevalence of blood transfusion viral markers among our patients with SCD. Subje...

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Main Authors: Rahman A Bolarinwa, John C Aneke, Samuel A Olowookere, Lateef Salawu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2015;volume=6;issue=4;spage=162;epage=167;aulast=Bolarinwa