Screening for transfusion transmissible infections using rapid diagnostic tests in Africa: A potential hazard to blood safety?

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 196-198

  Prugger, C ^a,b   Laperche, S ^b   Murphy, E L ^c,d   Bloch, E M ^c,d   Kaidarova, Z ^d   Tafflet, M ^a   Lefrere J J ^b   Jouven, X ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Africa; Blood transfusion; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Rapid diagnostic test

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY;

AFRICA; BLOOD SAFETY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84958673116     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12327     Document Type: Article

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