The increasing prevalence of serologic markers for syphilis among Chinese blood donors in 2008 through 2010 during a syphilis epidemic

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1741-1749

  Liu, Jing ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Huang, Yi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Wang, Jingxing ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Guo, Nan ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Li, Julin ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Dong, Xiangdong ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Ma, Hongli ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Tiemuer, Meiheili ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Huang, Mei ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Wright, David J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Ness, Paul ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Shan, Hua ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d Guangxi Blood Center   (China)

^e Yunnan Kunming Blood Center   (China)

^f Luoyang Blood Center   (China)

^g Urumqi Blood Center   (China)

^h Mianyang Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHINA; CHINESE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84865026995     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03527.x     Document Type: Article

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