Dengue hemorrhagic fever transmitted by blood transfusion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1526-1527

  Tambyah, Paul A ^a   Koay, Evelyn S C ^a   Poon, Michelle L M ^a   Lin, Raymond V T P ^a   Ong, Benjamin K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 54849145500     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0708673     Document Type: Letter

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