Researchers create method to detect zika virus in transfusion blood
A method of detecting the presence of zika virus in blood used for transfusions has been developed as part of a project supported by FAPESP and coordinated by José Eduardo Levi, head of the Department of Molecular Biology at São Paulo’s blood bank, Fundação Pró-Sangue, linked to the São Paulo State Department of Health and the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil. |
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