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Transfusion‐associated infections: 50 years of relentless challenges and remarkable progress
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This review will address the response of the blood banking community to the major transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases (TTIDs) over the past 50 years, during which time the evolving appreciation of risk and progress in addressing TTIDs has been documented by more than 1000 publications in TRANSFUSION.About:
This article is published in Transfusion.The article was published on 2010-10-01. It has received 164 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Communicable disease transmission.read more
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소형 Transmission 설계개선사례
TL;DR: Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search: Transmission systems for measured values, control or similar signals.
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Chagas Disease: “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas”
Peter J. Hotez,Eric Dumonteil,Laila Woc-Colburn,Jose A. Serpa,Sarah Bezek,Morven S. Edwards,Camden J. Hallmark,Laura W. Musselwhite,Benjamin J. Flink,Maria Elena Bottazzi +9 more
TL;DR: The world faces a situation in both Latin America and the US that bears a resemblance to the early years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to the World Health Organization.
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Management of chronic hepatitis B in childhood: ESPGHAN clinical practice guidelines: consensus of an expert panel on behalf of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
Etienne Sokal,Massimiliano Paganelli,Stefan Wirth,Piotr Socha,Pietro Vajro,Florence Lacaille,Deirdre Kelly,Giorgina Mieli-Vergani +7 more
TL;DR: Safe and effective antiviral therapies are available in adults, but few are labeled for the use in children, and an accurate selection of whom to treat and the identification of the right timing for treatment are needed to optimize response and reduce the risk of antiviral resistance.
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