The yield of temporary exclusion of blood donors, exposed to emerging infections abroad

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-18

  Lieshout Krikke, R W ^a   Zaaijer, H L ^a   Prinsze, F J ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor deferral; Emerging infections; Transfusion transmitted diseases; Travel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHIKUNGUNYA; DONOR DEFERRAL; DONOR SELECTION; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; ITALY; LATVIA; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDFLY FEVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEST NILE FEVER;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BLOOD; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DONOR SELECTION; GREECE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; ITALY; LATVIA; NETHERLANDS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TURKEY; WEST NILE FEVER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84871291058     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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