CMV DNA is rarely detected in healthy blood donors using validated PCR assays
- 12 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 43 (3) , 314-321
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00312.x
Abstract
BACKGROUND : Although serologic screening or WBC reduction of blood components can reduce the incidence of transfusion‐transmitted CMV (TT‐CMV) infection, ‘breakthrough’ cases of TT‐CMV still occur ...Keywords
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