Strategies for screening blood donors to source convalescent H1N1v plasma for intervention therapy

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-112

  Parry, R P ^a   Tettmar, K I ^a,b   Hoschler, K ^a   Brailsford, S R ^b,c   Samuel, D ^a   Ashford, M ^b   Maclennan, S ^b   Williamson, L M ^b   Tedder, R S ^a,b,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c North East and North Central London HPU HPA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor screening; GACELISA; Influenza A H1N1; Intervention therapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPANISH INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; CONVALESCENCE; DONOR SELECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PLASMA;

EID: 84864021934     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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