New Tests, Screening May Offer Roadblocks to West Nile Transmission. Laura Beil.
by Beil, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 16Health. Publisher: Dallas Morning News, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Blood -- Analysis | Blood -- Transfusion | Blood banks | Blood donors | Communicable diseases -- Transmission | West Nile virusDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Last year's [2002] West Nile season held at least two surprises: its scope--infecting some 300,000 Americans--and the realization that the danger does not just come from mosquitoes. In August, as the country's epidemic went full throttle, federal officials warned the blood industry that the risk of the West Nile virus entering the blood supply was theoretical, but real. In fact, theory had already become reality." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article describes how screening of blood donors will help lessen the possibility of blood being infected with West Nile virus.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: New Tests, Screening May Offer Roadblocks to West Nile Transmission, May 12, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Last year's [2002] West Nile season held at least two surprises: its scope--infecting some 300,000 Americans--and the realization that the danger does not just come from mosquitoes. In August, as the country's epidemic went full throttle, federal officials warned the blood industry that the risk of the West Nile virus entering the blood supply was theoretical, but real. In fact, theory had already become reality." (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) This article describes how screening of blood donors will help lessen the possibility of blood being infected with West Nile virus.
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