Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Syphilis among Blood Donors at Jigjiga Blood Bank, Eastern Ethiopia.

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Published in Ethiop J Health Sci on March 01, 2016

Authors

Melese Abate1, Tesfaye Wolde1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Jig-jiga University, Jig-jiga, Ethiopia.

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