Surveillance for Ross River virus infection using blood donors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 726-730

  Aaskov, John G ^a   Chen, Jian Ying ^b   Hanh, Nguyen T H ^c   Dennington, Peta M ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^d Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; POLYARTHRITIS; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031750082     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.726     Document Type: Article

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