title: West Nile virus and the U.S. blood supply: new tests substantially reduce the risk of transmission via donated blood products.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, NY, USA. getclean@optonline.net
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Avalos-Bock
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D006801:Humans; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D014481:United States; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral