| BRIEF REPORT |
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| Year : 2004 | Volume
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Seroprevalence of human immuno-deficiency virus, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus among eye donors
B Mahalakshmi, Hajib N Madhavan, R Pushpalatha, S Margarita
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
B Mahalakshmi
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
India
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PMID: 15132383 
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Blood specimens collected at the time of enucleation of the eyes from 483 consecutive eye donors were tested for sero-markers of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Antibodies to HIV1 were detected in 3 (0.62%), HBsAg in 17 (3.52%) and antibodies to HCV in 7 (1.45%). |
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