Detection of West Nile virus in blood donations - Puerto Rico, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 577-580

  Aponte, J Torres ^a   Rivera, E García ^a   Stramer, S ^b   Casanova, R ^b   Foster, G ^b   Luce, R ^c   Tomashek, K ^c   Mohammed, H ^c   Sun, W ^c   Hunsperger, E ^c   Munoz Jordan J L ^c   Colon, C ^c   Vergne, E ^c   Verduin, M ^c  

^a Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^c CDC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; PUERTO RICO; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 44449157293     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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