A study of West Nile virus infection in Iranian blood donors

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Sharifi, Zohreh ^a   Shooshtari, Mahmood Mahmoodian ^a   Talebian, Ali ^a  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donor; ELISA; Real time RT PCR; West Nile virus (WNV)

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULARIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949117616     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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