Screening of Selected Male Blood Donors for p24 Antigen of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 323, Issue 19, 1990, Pages 1308-1312

  Busch, Michael P ^a   Taylor, Patricia E ^b   Lenes, Bruce A ^c   Kleinman, Steven H ^d   Stuart, Marla ^e   Stevens, Cladd E ^b   Tomasulo, Peter A ^c   Allain, Jean Pierre ^f   Hollingsworth, Charles G ^g   Mosley, James W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^d Los Angeles—Orange County Region ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025075451     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199011083231904     Document Type: Article

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