Detection of specific antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum in blood bank donors from malaria-endemic and non-endemic areas of Venezuela

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 948-953

  Contreras, Carmen Elena ^a,b,c   Pance, Alena ^a,b   Marcano, Norka ^a,b   González, Nancy ^a,b   Bianco, Nicolás ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto de Inmunología   (Venezuela)

^c Instituto de Inmunologia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SERODIAGNOSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032985787     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.948     Document Type: Article

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