Chagas disease: screening tests evaluation in a blood military center, prevalence in the French Army;La maladie de Chagas : évaluation des tests de dépistage au centre de transfusion sanguine des armées, prévalence dans les armées

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 534-538

  Kerleguer, A ^a   Massard, S ^a   Janus, G ^a   Joussemet, M ^a  

^a Centre de Transfusion Sanguine des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Assays evaluation; Blood transfusion; Chagas disease; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMERIEUX ASSAY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DADE BEHRING ASSAY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGENTEC ASSAY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRANCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36549049779     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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