Transmission of West Nile virus through blood transfusion in the United States in 2002

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1236-1245

  Pealer, Lisa N ^a   Marfin, Anthony A ^c   Petersen, Lyle R ^c   Lanciotti, Robert S ^c   Page, Peter L ^d   Stramer, Susan L ^d   Stobierski, Mary Grace ^e   Signs, Kimberly ^e   Newman, Bruce ^d   Kapoor, Hema ^e   Goodman, Jesse L ^f   Chamberland, Mary E ^b  

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

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

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

^d AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; BLOOD; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIREMIA;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0141796735     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa030969     Document Type: Article

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