Is seroprevalence of anti-IGM CMV among blood donors relevant in India?

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-352

  Kumar, Harsh ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a   Sarkar, R ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Cytomegalovirus; Immunocompromised; Leucodepletion

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 50149112885     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.42509     Document Type: Article

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