Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Treponema pallidum Infections among Blood Donors on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Dong-De Xie; Jian Li; Jiang-Tao Chen; Urbano Monsuy Eyi; Rocio Apicante Matesa; Maximo Miko Ondo Obono; Carlos Sala Ehapo; Li-Ye Yang; Hui Yang; Hui-Tian Yang; Min Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139947

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Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Treponema pallidum Infections among Blood Donors on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Dong-De Xie ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dong-De Xie, Jian Li

Affiliation Laboratory Medical Center, The People’s Hospital of Jiangmen, Jiangmen; The Chinese Medical Aid Team to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
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Jian Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Dong-De Xie, Jian Li

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Renmin Hospital; Department of Parasitology, College of Basic Medicine, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China
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Jiang-Tao Chen,

Affiliations Laboratory Medical Center, The People’s Hospital of Jiangmen, Jiangmen; The Chinese Medical Aid Team to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, Laboratory Medical Center, Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital, Guangdong, Huizhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Urbano Monsuy Eyi,

Affiliation Central Blood Transfusion Service; Medical Laboratory, Malabo Regional Hospital, Malabo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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Rocio Apicante Matesa,

Affiliation Central Blood Transfusion Service; Medical Laboratory, Malabo Regional Hospital, Malabo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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Maximo Miko Ondo Obono,

Affiliation Central Blood Transfusion Service; Medical Laboratory, Malabo Regional Hospital, Malabo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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Carlos Sala Ehapo,

Affiliation Central Blood Transfusion Service; Medical Laboratory, Malabo Regional Hospital, Malabo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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Li-Ye Yang,

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital, Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Hui Yang,

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital, Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Hui-Tian Yang,

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital, Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Min Lin

* E-mail: Konfutea@hotmail.com

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Chaozhou Central Hospital, Southern Medical University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Treponema pallidum Infections among Blood Donors on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Dong-De Xie,
Jian Li,
Jiang-Tao Chen,
Urbano Monsuy Eyi,
Rocio Apicante Matesa,
Maximo Miko Ondo Obono,
Carlos Sala Ehapo,
Li-Ye Yang,
Hui Yang,
Hui-Tian Yang

Published: October 8, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139947

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