Seroepidemiologic Study of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis Infections in Iranian Blood Donors
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1028-8880
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.4461.4466