Declining tendency of human T-cell leukaemia virus type i carrier rates among blood donors in Mashhad, Iran

Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-499

  Tarhini, Mahdi ^a   Kchour, Ghada ^b   Zanjani, Delaram Sayadpour ^c   Rafatpanah, Houshang ^b   Otrock, Zaher K ^d   Bazarbachi, Ali ^e   Farid, Reza ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Blood Transfusion Organization of Khorasan Razavi   (Iran)

^d American University of Beirut ^*  (Lebanon)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS TYPE I; IRAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA VIRUS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 70350635410     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020903041010     Document Type: Article

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