Emerging viruses in blood transfusion

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Allain, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SCREENING; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS;

EID: 0031871024     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1998.tb05409.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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