Ten years since the last Chikungunya virus outbreak in Italy: History repeats itself

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 489-490

  Marano, Giuseppe ^a   Pupella, Simonetta ^a   Pati, Ilaria ^a,b   Masiello, Francesca ^a   Franchini, Massimo ^a,c   Vaglio, Stefania ^a,d   Velati, Claudio ^a,e   Liumbruno, Giancarlo M ^a,f  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology   (Italy)

^f Italian National Blood Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 85031942761     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2017.0215-17     Document Type: Editorial

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