Usefulness of seminested polymerase chain reaction for screening blood donors at risk for malaria in Spain [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1068-

  Benito, A ^a   Rubio, J M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SPAIN;

EID: 0035194151     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0706.010632     Document Type: Letter

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4. Transfusion malaria in the United States, 1972-1981
5. Two cases of transfusion-transmitted (TTM) in the UK
6. Usefulness of seminested multiplex PCR in surveillance of imported malaria in Spain
7. A simple method to detect Plasmodium falciparum directly from blood samples using the polymerase chain reaction