A prospective study of a serum-pooling strategy in screening blood donors for antibody to hepatitis C virus

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 732-736

  Liu, P ^a   Shi, Z X ^b   Zhang, Y C ^a   Xu, Z C ^b   Shu, H S ^a   Zhang, X Y ^b  

^a XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xuzhou Red Cross Blood Service   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030855317     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37797369450.x     Document Type: Article

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