Prevalence of anti-HTLV-I & anti-HTLV-II antibodies in Blood donors in Bushehr Province
Human T-cll leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-I) and HTLV-II are type C oncoviruses, members of the family Retroviridae. Blood transfusion is a transmission route. Screening for HTLV is routine in Khorasan Province/Iran. In a seroepidemiologic survey in Bushehr Province, 22074 blood units were screened fo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
2004-02-01
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Series: | Iranian South Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-121&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |