Current value of serologic test for syphilis as a surrogate marker for blood-borne viral infections among blood donors in the United States

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-661

  Zou, Shimian ^a   Notari, Edward P ^b   Fang, Chyang T ^b   Stramer, Susan L ^b   Dodd, Roger Y ^b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949119323     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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