Screening of syphilis in the Subsaharan African blood donor: Which strategy?;Le dépistage biologique de la syphilis chez le donneur de sang d'Afrique subsaharienne : quelle stratégie ?

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 448-453

  Tagny, C T ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Subsaharan Africa; Syphilis screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOUTH PLAQUE; REAGIN TEST; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VAGINAL ULCER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; SAFETY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 71049126585     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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