Epidemiology of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in blood donors, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1116-1118

  Stienlauf, Shmuel ^a,b   Yahalom, Vered ^c   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b   Shinar, Eilat ^c   Segal, Gad ^a,b   Sidi, Yechezkel ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD DONORS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67650648210     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1507.080796     Document Type: Article

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