Pathogens transmitted in red blood cell transfusions: An up-to-date table

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Review

Herbert L Fred et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018.

. 2018 May 10;31(3):307-309.

doi: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1459397. eCollection 2018 Jul.

¹ Department of Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

No abstract available

Keywords: Blood transfusions; pathogens; red blood cells.

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