The legacy of unhygienic plasma collection in China

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1451-1452

  Mastro, Timothy D ^a,b   Yip, Ray ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PLASMA; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 33745439524     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000233580.56844.c1     Document Type: Editorial

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