Blood donor screening for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Japan

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 745-746

  Yasukawa, Kosuke ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84896045153     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12505     Document Type: Letter

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