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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2013-06-01
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Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/646 |