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Demographic determinants of syphilis seroprevalence among U.S. blood donors, 2011–2012

BACKGROUND: No cases of transfusion-transmitted syphilis have been described for over four decades. While there is mandatory transfusion screening for syphilis, the absence of transmission is in part ascribed to a low prevalence of syphilis in the blood donor population, the concomitant use of antib...

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Autores principales: Kane, Mark Andrew, Bloch, Evan Martin, Bruhn, Roberta, Kaidarova, Zhanna, Murphy, Edward Laurence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0805-3