Antiretroviral therapy for former plasma donors in china: Saving lives when hiv prevention fails

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 834-836

  Qian, Han Zhu ^a,b   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BLOOD DONORS; CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 51549116875     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590940     Document Type: Note

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