Further evidence on the uderestimation of the prevalence of TT viral DNA in blood donors

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1218-1219

  Pisani, G ^a   Cristiano, K ^a   Bisso, G ^a   Wirz, M ^a   Gentili, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALT; Blood donors; TTV DNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; BLOOD; GENETICS; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; STANDARD;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0033623534     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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