Threat of dengue to blood safety in dengue-endemic countries

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-11

  Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a   Chen, Lin H ^b,d   Massad, Eduardo ^e   Wilson, Mary E ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; THREAT; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849125863     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.071097     Document Type: Review

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