Absence of risk factors for false-positive test results in blood donors with a reactive test result in an automated treponemal test (PK-TP) for syphilis

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 744-750

  Orton, Sharyn L ^a   Dodd, Roger Y ^a   Williams, Alan E ^a  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DONOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA IMMOBILIZATION TEST;

EID: 0034969919     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41060744.x     Document Type: Article

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