Guidelines for the prevention of CMV transmisson by transfusion of blood components

Human cytomegalovirus can be transmitted by direct contact and iatrogenically by transfusion of blood components and by transplanted tissues or organs. After a primary, mostly asymptomatic infection, it remains latent in the body in CD34 + hematopoietic stem cells of the bone marrow and in periphera...

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Main Authors: Marko Cukjati, Vladan Rajić, Darja Paro Panjan, Irena Štucin Gantar, Mojca Grošelj Grenc, Urška Rahne Potokar, Samo Zver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2013-06-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/646