Prevalence of HAV among Healthy Blood Donors Referring to Tehran Transfusion Center

Background: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a single strand and non-enveloped RNA virus. It is usually transmitted by the fe­cal-oral and the blood transfusion routes and causes the hepatitis A disease. Clinically, the hepatitis A is usually mild, par­ticularly in children, in whom it is frequently subcl...

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Main Authors: A Elikaei, Z Sharifi, M Mahmoudian Shooshtari, M Hosseini, Y Maroufi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2025