The use of blood donor data for HIV surveillance purposes

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1849-1851

  Sedyaningsih Mamahit, Endang ^a   Schinaia, Nicola ^b   Lazzari, Stefano ^c   Walker, Neff ^d   Vercauteren, Gaby ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 4444308817     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200409030-00016     Document Type: Review

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