The reduction of HIV transfusion risk in southern Brazil in the 1990s

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-78

  Kupek, E J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0035008614     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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