Asymptomatic infection by Leishmania infantum in blood donors from the Balearic Islands (Spain)

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1383-1389

  Riera, Cristina ^a   Fisa, Roser ^a   López Chejade, Paulo ^a   Serra, Teresa ^a   Girona, Enrique ^a   Jimenez, Ma Teresa ^a   Muncunill, Jose ^a   Sedeño, Matilde ^a   Mascaró, Martín ^a   Udina, Maria ^a   Gállego, Montserrrat ^a   Carrió, Jaume ^a   Forteza, Alejandro ^a   Portús, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUKOCYTE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITEMIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 49449118260     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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