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Editorial
. 2014 Aug;54(8):1911-5.
doi: 10.1111/trf.12790.

Chikungunya virus: new risk to transfusion safety in the Americas

Lyle R Petersen  1 , Jay S Epstein
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Editorial

Chikungunya virus: new risk to transfusion safety in the Americas

Lyle R Petersen et al. Transfusion. 2014 Aug.
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