Pathogen inactivation technology applied to a blood component collected from an asymptomatic carrier of Leishmania infantum: A case report

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-358

  Jimenez Marco, T ^a   Fisa, R ^b   Riera, C ^b   Girona Llobera, E ^a   Sedeno M ^a   Saura, A ^b   Iniesta, L ^b   Guillen, C ^b   Muncunill, J ^a  

^a Fundació Banc de Sang i Teixits de les Illes Balears Balearic Islands   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Donors; Malaria and protozoal infections; Pathogen inactivation.

Indexed keywords

AMOTOSALEN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGEN INACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; TECHNOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORALENS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84867853860     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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