Dengue viremia in blood donors identified by RNA and detection of dengue transfusion transmission during the 2007 dengue outbreak in Puerto Rico

BACKGROUND: In 2007, a total of 10,508 suspected dengue cases were reported in Puerto Rico. Blood donations were tested for dengue virus (DENV) RNA and recipients of RNA‐positive donations traced to assess transfusion transmission. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Blood donation samples from 2007 were main...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2012-08, Vol.52 (8), p.1657-1666
Hauptverfasser: Stramer, Susan L., Linnen, Jeffrey M., Carrick, James M., Foster, Gregory A., Krysztof, David E., Zou, Shimian, Dodd, Roger Y., Tirado-Marrero, Lourdes M., Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Santiago, Gilberto A., Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge L., Tomashek, Kay M.
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