A predonation screening question for occupational exposure to simian foamy virus: A preliminary donor survey in Canada [6]

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 949-951

  O'Brien, Sheila F ^a   Yi, Qi Long ^a   Fearon, Margaret A ^a   Goldman, Mindy ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SIMIAN VIRUS; SPUMA VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 34247575887     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01218.x     Document Type: Letter

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