Short report: Occurrence of Leishmania donovani DNA in donated blood from seroreactive Brazilian blood donors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-131

  Otero, Ana C S ^a   Da Silva, Valdemir O ^a   Luz, Kleber G ^b   Palatnik, Marcos ^a   Pirmez, Claude ^c   Fernandes, Octavio ^d   Palatnik De Sousa, Clarisa B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODIALYSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 0034026238     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.128     Document Type: Article

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