Emerging pathogens and their implications for the blood supply and transfusion transmitted infections

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-142

  Dodd, Roger Y ^a  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Emerging infections; Safety

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866851104     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12031     Document Type: Review

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