A single window-period donation detected by human immunodeficiency virus p24 antigen after 5 years of routine screening in a group of Brazilian blood banks

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-312

  Wendel, Silvano ^a,b,f   Fachini, R M ^a,b   Levi, J E ^a,b   Ghaname, J N ^c   Mendonca M C ^c   De Almeida Neto, C ^c   De Carvalho Braga, M ^d   Di Pietro, A E ^e  

^a HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Imunologia e Imunogenetica   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Nove de Julho   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Cruz Azul   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Vita   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV; P24Ag

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, VIRAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036860236     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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