West Nile virus infection transmitted by blood transfusion

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1018-1022

  Harrington, Theresa ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^b   Kamel, Hany ^b   Lanciotti, Robert S ^b   Hand, Sheryl ^b   Currier, Mary ^b   Chamberland, Mary E ^b   Petersen, Lyle R ^b   Marfin, Anthony A ^b  

^a Mississippi State Department of Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0041929615     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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