Legal, financial, and public health consequences of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis C virus in persons with haemophilia

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-165

  Angelotta, C ^a   McKoy, J M ^b   Fisher, M J ^a   Buffie, C G ^a   Barfi, K ^a   Ramsey, G ^b   Frohlich, L ^a   Bennett, C L ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Blood transfusion; Haemophilia; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; COMPENSATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER DISEASE; MEDLINE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULARIZATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS C; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34547768245     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2007.00941.x     Document Type: Review

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