Transmission of L. infantum by blood donors
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Leishmania infantum Infection in Blood Donors, Northeastern Brazil
Author affiliations: School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil (D.C.S. Monteiro, A.Q. Sousa, R.M. Fontes, C.C. Praciano, M.S. Frutuoso, L.C. Matos, M.J. Teixeira, M.M.L. Pompeu); School of Medicine of the University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza (D.M. Lima); Unichristus School of Medicine, Fortaleza (M.S. Frutuoso); University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Medicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1078-8956,1546-170X
DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-368