Assessment of a travel question to identify donors with risk of Trypanosoma cruzi: Operational validity and field testing

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-761

  O'Brien, Sheila F ^a   Chiavetta, Jo Anne ^b   Fan, Wenli ^b   Xi, Guoliang ^b   Yi, Qi Long ^b   Goldman, Mindy ^b   Scalia, Vito ^b   Fearon, Margaret A ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 41149116833     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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