Transfusion-transmitted viruses
Subtitle: epidemiology and pathology
By: editors, Sam J. Insalaco, Jay E. Menitove.
Contributors: Insalaco, Sam J.; Menitove, Jay E.; American Association of Blood Banks.; Transfusion-Transmitted Viruses: Epidemiology and Pathology Technical Workshop (1987 : Orlando, Fla.)
Publisher: American Association of Blood Banks
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Arlington, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Blood -- Transfusion -- Complications -- Congresses.; Blood -- Analysis -- Congresses.; Virus diseases -- Transmission -- Congresses.; Blood Transfusion -- adverse effects -- congresses.; Viremia -- transmission -- congresses.; Virology -- congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on papers presented at the Transfusion-Transmitted Viruses: Epidemiology and Pathology Technical Workshop, held in 1987 at Orlando, Fla.
Table of contents: title: Structure, classification, and replication of viruses / Thomas F. Smith; title: Primary hepatic viruses / Richard D. Aach; title: The role of blood transfusion in the transmission of herpesviruses / Gary E. Tegtmeier; title: Specific and surrogate screening tests for hepatitis / F. Blaine Hollinger; title: Anti-HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) testing / Herbert F. Polesky; title: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus : testing for its presence and strategies for its inactivation / Thomas F. Zuck and Jay S. Epstein; title: HTL retroviruses and transfusion-transmitted diseases / David J. Looney and Robert R. Redfield.