Testing for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in presymptomatic blood donors
Transfusion
.
2021 Feb;61(2):649-651.
doi: 10.1111/trf.16155.
Authors
Lionel Loubaki
1
2
,
Pierre Gantner
3
,
Amélie Pagliuzza
3
,
Hugues Fausther-Bovendo
4
,
Gary Kobinger
4
,
Nicolas Chomont
3
,
Marc Germain
1
Affiliations
1
Héma-Québec, Affaires médicales et Innovation, Québec, Québec, Canada.
2
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada.
3
Centre de recherche du CHUM, Axe Immunopathologie, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
4
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Axe maladies infectieuses et immunitaires, Québec, Québec, Canada.
PMID:
33616976
PMCID:
PMC8014243
DOI:
10.1111/trf.16155
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Blood Donors / statistics & numerical data*
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / genetics
Humans
RNA, Viral / genetics*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics*
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*
Substances
RNA, Viral