Excluding blood donors at high risk of HIV infection in a west African city.

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Published in BMJ on December 11, 1993

Authors

R Schutz1, D Savarit, J C Kadjo, V Batter, N Kone, G La Ruche, A Bondurand, K M De Cock

Author Affiliations

1: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

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