The prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections and nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

Background: Few studies discussed the prevalence of TTIs in Saudi donor blood samples. Thus, this study investigated the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV), syphilis and malaria in such samples to dete...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Alaidarous, Ranjay K. Choudhary, Mohamed I. Waly, Shabir Mir, Abdulaziz Bin Dukhyil, Saeed S. Banawas, Bader M. Alshehri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034118300443