Persons with early syphilis identified through blood or plasma donation screening in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 545-549

  Gardella, Carolyn ^a,b   Marfin, Anthony A ^a,c   Kahn, Richard H ^a   Swint, Emmett ^a   Markowitz, Lauri E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037083264     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338829     Document Type: Article

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