Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus among voluntary blood donors

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-254

  Chaudhari, Cean N ^a   Bindra, M S ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 4003 Field Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Cytomegalovirus; Leucodepletion; Transfusion transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 70349227427     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(09)80016-6     Document Type: Article

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