Profile of blood donors with serologic tests reactive for the presence of syphilis in São Paulo, Brazil

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-336

  Neto, Cesar De Almeida ^a   Murphy, Edward L ^a   McFarland, William ^a   Mendrone Jr , Alfredo ^a   Chen, Sanny ^a   Chamone, Dalton A F ^a   Sabino, Ester C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849129223     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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