A test that won't die: The serologic test for syphilis

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 617-619

  Katz, Louis M ^a  

^a Medical Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD DONOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; RED CROSS; REFERENCE DATABASE; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 62949246414     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02119.x     Document Type: Editorial

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