Seroprevalence of Chikungunya virus in blood donors from Northern and Southeastern Brazil

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus, an arbovirus that belongs to the Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family, causes a febrile illness accompanied by rash and arthralgia. It is estimated that during outbreaks, the prevalence of Chikungunya virus RNA in viremic blood donations varies between 0.4 and 2....

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Autores principales: Slavov, Svetoslav Nanev, Otaguiri, Katia Kaori, Bianquini, Melina Lellis, Bitencourt, Hellen Tayana Oliveira, Chagas, Marcia Cristina Munhoz, Guerreiro, Domingos Sávio de Souza, Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes, Covas, Dimas Tadeu, Kashima, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2018.04.002

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