High prevalence of human T‐cell leukemia virus type‐1b genotype among blood donors in Gabon, Central Africa

BACKGROUND The African continent is considered to be the largest endemic area of HTLV‐1 infection, with at least several million infected individuals. Systematic screening of blood donors can prevent the transmission of HTLV‐1 in blood. Gabon is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of HT...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2020-07, Vol.60 (7), p.1483-1491
Hauptverfasser:	Ramassamy, Jill‐Léa, Cassar, Olivier, Toumbiri, Manoushka, Diané, Abdoulaye, Idam Mamimandjiami, Antony, Bengone, Calixte, Ntsame‐Ndong, Jophrette Mireille, Mouinga‐Ondémé, Augustin, Gessain, Antoine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibodies Blood Blood & organ donations Blood donors Blood transfusion Donor Infectious Disease Testing Genotypes Human health and pathology Infections Infectious diseases Leukemia Life Sciences Polymerase chain reaction Rural areas Screening Transfusion Viruses
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