Clinical and epidemiological profile of female blood donors with positive serology for viral hepatitis B

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION:Since women are frequently the minority among blood donors worldwide, studies evaluating this population usually reflect male features. We assessed the features of female blood donors with positive serology for HBV and compared them with those of men.METHODS The study comprised...

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Main Authors: Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Roberto José de Carvalho-Filho, Christine Takemi Emori, Fernando Akio Maryia, José Orlando Bordin, Antonio Eduardo Benedito Silva, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000500524&lng=en&tlng=en