Seroepidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, in US blood donors

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1047-1052

  Leiby, David A ^a   Read, Elizabeth J ^b   Lenes, Bruce A ^d   Yund, A Jeffrey ^c   Stumpf, Robert J ^d   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^d   Dodd, Roger Y ^d  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030813554     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516534     Document Type: Article

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