Psoralen photochemical inactivation of Orientia tstutsugamushi in platelet concentrates

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1503-1507

  Belanger, Kevin J ^a   Kelly, Daryl J ^a   Mettille, Frank C ^b   Hanson, Carl V ^c   Lippert, Lloyd E ^b,d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CERUS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' AMINOMETHYL 4,5',8 TRIMETHYLPSORALEN; PSORALEN; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIEMSA STAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; MICE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PUVA THERAPY; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 0034523521     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40121503.x     Document Type: Article

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