Retrospective surveillance of HIV prevalence in blood donors can help in the selection of the best social group for blood donation in Mali

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 252-259

  Tounkara, A ^a,b   Diakite, M ^c   Noumsi, G T ^d   Sarro, Y D S ^a,b   Siddiqui, S ^a,b   Parta, M ^a,d  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine   (South Africa)

^b University of Bamako   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV; Mali; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MARRIAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; MARITAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69949134985     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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