Screening of blood donations for zika virus infection — Puerto rico, April 3-June 11, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 627-628

  Kuehnert, Matthew J ^a   Basavaraju, Sridhar V ^a   Moseley, Robin R ^a   Pate, Lisa L ^b   Galel, Susan A ^b   Williamson, Phillip C ^c   Busch, Michael P ^d   Alsina, Jose O ^e   Climent Peris, Consuelo ^f   Marks, Peter W ^g   Epstein, Jay S ^g   Nakhasi, Hira L ^g   Peyton Hobson, J ^g   Leiby, David A ^g   Akolkar, Pradip N ^g   Petersen, Lyle R ^a   Rivera Garcia, Brenda ^h  

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

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c CREATIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^d BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Banco de Sangre de Servicios Mutuos   (Puerto Rico)

^f Banco de Sangre de Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Health Department   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PUERTO RICO; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PUERTO RICO; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84976415515     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6524e2     Document Type: Article

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