The risk for Chagas' disease in the Midwestern United States organ donor population is low

Clinical Transplantation, Supplement

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 12-15

  Bryan, Christopher F ^a   Tegtmeier, Gary E ^b   Rafik, Nour ^b   Markham, Lori E ^a   Murillo, Daniel ^c   Nelson, Paul W ^d   Shield III, Charles F ^e   Warady, Bradley A ^f   Aeder, Mark I ^g  

^a Midwest Transplant Network   (United States)

^b Division of New York Blood Center Enterprises   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Via Christi Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Research Medical Center Brookside Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' T. cruzi; Midwest; OPO; Organ donors

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABSORPTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFECTION RISK; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544369927     PISSN: 13996738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00211     Document Type: Article

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