Estimated risk of HIV transmission by blood transfusion in Kenya

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Volumn 358, Issue 9282, 2001, Pages 657-660

  Moore, Anne ^a   Herrera, Guillermo ^a   Nyamongo, Jack ^d   Lackritz, Eve ^a   Granade, Tim ^b   Nahlen, Bernard ^c   Oloo, Aggrey ^e   Opondo, George ^d   Muga, Richard ^d   Janssen, Robert ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCREENING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035949121     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05783-X     Document Type: Article

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