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Japanese Encephalitis Virus Transmitted Via Blood Transfusion, Hong Kong, China

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquitoborne virus endemic to China and Southeast Asia that causes severe encephalitis in <1% of infected persons. Transmission of JEV via blood transfusion has not been reported. We report transmission of JEV via blood donation products from an asymptomati...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Vincent C.C., Sridhar, Siddharth, Wong, Shuk-Ching, Wong, Sally C.Y., Chan, Jasper F.W., Yip, Cyril C.Y., Chau, Chi-Hung, Au, Timmy W.K., Hwang, Yu-Yan, Yau, Carol S.W., Lo, Janice Y.C., Lee, Cheuk-Kwong, Yuen, Kwok-Yung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043965
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.171297