Blood safety and zoonotic emerging pathogens: Now it's the turn of Zika virus!

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-94

  Franchini, Massimo ^a   Velati, Claudio ^b,c  

^a CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology Department of Bologna Metropolitan Area   (Italy)

^c Public Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS; ZIKA FEVER;

BLOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84961601651     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2015.0187-15     Document Type: Editorial

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