Usutu virus infections among blood donors, Austria, July and August 2017 – Raising awareness for diagnostic challenges

Between July and August 2017, seven of 12,047 blood donations from eastern Austria, reacted positive to West Nile virus (WNV) in the cobas test (Roche). Follow-up investigations revealed Usutu virus (USUV) nucleic acid in six of these. Retrospective analyses of four blood donors diagnosed as WNV-inf...

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Autores principales: Bakonyi, Tamás, Jungbauer, Christof, Aberle, Stephan W., Kolodziejek, Jolanta, Dimmel, Katharina, Stiasny, Karin, Allerberger, Franz, Nowotny, Norbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5710119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043962
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.41.17-00644
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Sumario:Between July and August 2017, seven of 12,047 blood donations from eastern Austria, reacted positive to West Nile virus (WNV) in the cobas test (Roche). Follow-up investigations revealed Usutu virus (USUV) nucleic acid in six of these. Retrospective analyses of four blood donors diagnosed as WNV-infected in 2016 showed one USUV positive. Blood transfusion services and public health authorities in USUV-endemic areas should be aware of a possible increase of human USUV infections.

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