An estimate of the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive blood donations by HIV-seronegative donors in a Northern Thailand HIV epicenter

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 870-873

  Sawanpanyalert, Pathom ^a   Yanai, Hideki ^b   Kitsuwannakul, Somporn ^b   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029839356     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.4.870     Document Type: Article

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