First reported case of transfusion-transmitted Ross River virus infection

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 267-270

  Hoad, Veronica C ^a   Speers, David J ^b   Keller, Anthony J ^a   Dowse, Gary K ^c   Seed, Clive R ^a   Lindsay, Michael D A ^c   Faddy, Helen M ^a   Pink, Joanne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FATIGUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NOTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS INFECTION; SEROLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 84925000157     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01522     Document Type: Note

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