title: Prevalence of HTLV-I virus in blood donors and transfusion in Mali: Implications for blood safety.
authors.affiliation: National Blood Transfusion Center, BP E344, Bamako, Mali. Electronic address: amadoubdiarra@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Diarra
authors.affiliation: National Blood Transfusion Center, BP E344, Bamako, Mali; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kouriba
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche et de lutte contre la drépanocytose, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guindo
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Gabriel-Toure, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Maiga
authors.affiliation: National Blood Transfusion Center, BP E344, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Diabaté
authors.affiliation: National Blood Transfusion Center, BP E344, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Douyon
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Diawara
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche et de lutte contre la drépanocytose, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Touré
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, hôpital du Point-G, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fonkoro
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco and Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche et de lutte contre la drépanocytose, Bamako, Mali; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058731:Blood Safety; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D046148:Donor Selection; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014766:Viremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies
keywords: Blood donors; Donneurs de sang; HTLV-1; Multi-transfused patients; Patients polytransfusés