Ebola: A call for blood transfusion strategy in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9951, 2014, Pages 1347-1348

  Burnouf, Thierry ^a   Emmanuel, Jean ^b   Mbanya, Dora ^c   El Ekiaby, Magdy ^d   Murphy, William ^e   Field, Stephen ^f   Allain, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Blood Service Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d Shabrawishi Hospital Blood Bank   (Egypt)

^e IRISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (Ireland)

^f Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENT PLASMA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD SAFETY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; STANDARDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 84908150231     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61693-7     Document Type: Letter

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