Documented cases of post-transfusion malaria occurring in England: A review in relation to current and proposed donor-selection guidelines

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Kitchen, Alan D ^a   Barbara, J A J ^a   Hewitt, P E ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody testing; Blood donor; Malaria; Transfusion transmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DONOR SELECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 23844447034     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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