Relative safety of first-time volunteer and replacement donors in Guinea

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1850-1851

  Loua, André ^a   Nkoure, Grace Nze ^a  

^a Guinée Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée Guinean infectiology research and training center   (Guinea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GUINEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GUINEA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 77955136655     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02718.x     Document Type: Letter

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