Human herpesvirus 8 transfusion transmission in Ghana, an endemic region of West Africa

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2294-2299

  Gobbini, Francesca ^a   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^a   Marcelin, Anne Geneviève ^a   Candotti, Daniel ^a   Allain, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CELL FRACTIONATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GHANA; GUINEA; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84869213681     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03607.x     Document Type: Article

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