| use of replacement blood donors to study the epidemiology of major blood-borne viruses in the general population of maputo, mozambique. | the seroprevalence rates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), human t-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (htlv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis d virus (hdv), and hepatitis c virus (hcv) in mozambique are poorly documented. the epidemiology of these infections was studied in the maputo region. all donors attending the blood bank during the study period were interviewed and underwent serological and molecular tests for markers of virus exposure. thus, 1,578 consecutive replacement blood donors we ... | 2007 | 17935167 |