Rubella vaccination and transitory false-positive test results for human immunodeficiency virus Type 1 in blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2516-2517

  Araujo, Patricia R B ^a   Albertoni, Guilherme ^a   Arnoni, Carine ^a   Almeida, Katiane ^a   Ribeiro, Juliano ^a   Rizzo, Silvia Renata ^a   Carvalho, Fabricio Oliveira ^a   Baretto, Jose Augusto ^a   Mangueira, Cristovão ^b  

^a Associação Beneficente de Coleta de Sangue São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; VACCINATION;

BLOOD DONORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RUBELLA VACCINE;

EID: 70449097973     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02408.x     Document Type: Letter

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