Arboviruses in blood donors: A study in the Amazon region and in a small city with a dengue outbreak

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-279

  Lavezzo, L C ^a,b   Dos Santos Santana, V ^a,b   Terzian, A C B ^a   Mondini, A ^a   De Moraes Bronzoni, R V ^a   SperanCa M ^c   Dias, S M Z ^d   Rossit, A R B ^a   MacHado, R L D ^a   Nogueira, M L ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE MARÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 1; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DENGUE VIRUS 4; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALPHA VIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIREMIA;

EID: 77954374353     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.00996.x     Document Type: Letter

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