Survey of Blood Collection Centers and Implementation of Guidance for Prevention of Transfusion-Transmitted Zika Virus Infection — Puerto Rico, 2016

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2487-2490

  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   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 85160215671     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13941     Document Type: Editorial

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