Implications of Dengue Outbreaks for Blood Supply, Australia

Dengue outbreaks have increased in size and frequency in Australia, and transfusion-transmitted dengue poses a risk to transfusion safety. Using whole blood samples collected during the large 2008–2009 dengue epidemic, we estimated the risk for a dengue-infectious blood donation as ≈1 in 7,146 (rang...

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Autores principales: Faddy, Helen M., Seed, Clive R., Fryk, Jesse J., Hyland, Catherine A., Ritchie, Scott A., Taylor, Carmel T., Van Der Merwe, Kathryn L., Flower, Robert L.P., McBride, William J.H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23648012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121664
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Sumario:Dengue outbreaks have increased in size and frequency in Australia, and transfusion-transmitted dengue poses a risk to transfusion safety. Using whole blood samples collected during the large 2008–2009 dengue epidemic, we estimated the risk for a dengue-infectious blood donation as ≈1 in 7,146 (range 2,218–50,021).

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