Human herpesvirus type 8 among Brazilian blood donors [6]

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1764-1765

  Ferreira, Suzete ^a   Sanabani, Sabri ^a   Reis, Alexandra D ^b   Chamone, Dalton F ^b   Sabino, Ester C ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0344688409     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0041-1132.2003.00602.x     Document Type: Letter

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