Trends in HIV prevalence in blood donations in Europe, 1990-2004

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1011-1018

  Likatavičius, Giedrius ^a   Hamers, Françoise F ^b   Downs, Angela M ^a   Alix, Jane ^a   Nardone, Anthony ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood donations; Blood safety; Europe; HIV; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UKRAINE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247627348     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3280b07dd7     Document Type: Article

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