Open AccessA Rare Case of Transfusion Transmission of Hepatitis A Virus to Two Patients with Haematological Disease
Author(s) -
Suely Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva,
Luciane Almeida Amado Leon,
Gilda Alves,
Selma Magalhães Brito,
Valcieny de Souza Sandes,
Magda Maria Adorno Ferreira Lima,
Marta Colares Nogueira,
Rita de Cássia Tavares,
Jane Dobbin,
Alexandre Gustavo Apa,
Vanessa Salete de Paula,
Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira,
Marcelo Alves Pinto,
Orlando da Costa Ferreira,
Iara de Jesus Ferreira Motta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000441910
Subject(s) - serology , medicine , virology , jaundice , immunology , antibody
This paper describes the transmission of hepatitis A virus (HAV) to two blood recipients from a healthy donor that later presented to the blood bank with jaundice.
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