Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy blood donors in Tehran Regional Educational Blood Transfusion Centre

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Karimi, Gh ^a   Samiei, Sh ^a   Hatami, H ^b   Gharehbaghian, A ^a   Vafaiyan, V ^a   Namini, M Tabrizi ^a  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

blood donor; Chlamydia pneumoniae; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RISK REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; CARRIER STATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954356769     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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