Transfusion-transmitted viral infections: Building bridges to transfusion medicine to reduce risks and understand epidemiology and pathogenesis

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1624-1640

  Busch, Michael P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33748331165     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00957.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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