FDA workshop on emerging infectious diseases: Evaluating emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) for transfusion safety

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1855-1871

  Atreya, Chintamani ^a   Nakhasi, Hira ^a   Mied, Paul ^a   Epstein, Jay ^a   Hughes, James ^a   Gwinn, Marta ^a   Kleinman, Steven ^a   Dodd, Roger ^a   Stramer, Susan ^a   Walderhaug, Mark ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a   Goodrich, Raymond ^a   Tibbetts, Clark ^a   Asher, David ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

BABESIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 80051612913     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03084.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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