Syphilis and blood donors: What we know, what we do not know, and what we need to know

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 282-292

  Orton, Sharyn ^a  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; REAGIN TEST; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034793461     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tm.2001.26956     Document Type: Review

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