Probable transfusion-transmitted malaria - Houston, Texas, 2003

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 52, Issue 44, 2003, Pages 1075-1076

  Arafat, R ^a   Long, S ^a   Perry, M ^a   Marsh, S ^a   Wilson, M ^b   Avashia, S ^c   Filler, S ^c  

^a City of Houston Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TEXAS;

EID: 0242380239     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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