Profile of human T-cell lymphocytotrophic virus-I/II infections in an Argentinean blood bank population [2]

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 364-365

  Remesar, M ^a   Mangano, A ^a   Sen, L ^a   Del Pozo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARGENTINA; BLOOD DONOR; CELL LYSATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARGENTINA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036860313     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00240.x     Document Type: Letter

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