Survey of blood collection centers and implementation of guidance for prevention of transfusion-transmitted Zika virus infection — Puerto Rico, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 375-378

  Vasquez, Amber M ^a,b   Sapiano, Mathew R P ^b   Basavaraju, Sridhar V ^b   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^b   Rivera Garcia, Brenda ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Puerto Rico Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUERTO RICO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84963743482     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6514e1     Document Type: Article

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