Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan

• DENV, WNV and JEV status was investigated in healthy blood donors at the Aga Khan University July to December 2018. • ELISA for IgM antibodies and RT-PCR for viral RNA detection were performed. • IgM antibodies for DENV and WNV were positive in 3.9% and JEV in 0.28% of the blood donors. • Blood do...

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Autores principales: Khan, Moiz Ahmed, Imtiaz, Kehkashan, Shafaq, Humaira, Farooqi, Joveria, Hassan, Mohammad, Zafar, Afia, Long, Maureen T., Barr, Kelli L., Khan, Erum
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35863605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2022.07.008
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author Khan, Moiz Ahmed
Imtiaz, Kehkashan
Shafaq, Humaira
Farooqi, Joveria
Hassan, Mohammad
Zafar, Afia
Long, Maureen T.
Barr, Kelli L.
Khan, Erum
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Imtiaz, Kehkashan
Shafaq, Humaira
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description • DENV, WNV and JEV status was investigated in healthy blood donors at the Aga Khan University July to December 2018. • ELISA for IgM antibodies and RT-PCR for viral RNA detection were performed. • IgM antibodies for DENV and WNV were positive in 3.9% and JEV in 0.28% of the blood donors. • Blood donors aged 19 and 30 years and residents of urban areas, of Karachi City were most frequent. • DENV and WNV seropositivity were significantly associated with residence in Malir District of Karachi.
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spelling pubmed-95831012022-10-20 Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan Khan, Moiz Ahmed Imtiaz, Kehkashan Shafaq, Humaira Farooqi, Joveria Hassan, Mohammad Zafar, Afia Long, Maureen T. Barr, Kelli L. Khan, Erum Virol Sin Letter • DENV, WNV and JEV status was investigated in healthy blood donors at the Aga Khan University July to December 2018. • ELISA for IgM antibodies and RT-PCR for viral RNA detection were performed. • IgM antibodies for DENV and WNV were positive in 3.9% and JEV in 0.28% of the blood donors. • Blood donors aged 19 and 30 years and residents of urban areas, of Karachi City were most frequent. • DENV and WNV seropositivity were significantly associated with residence in Malir District of Karachi. Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2022-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9583101/ /pubmed/35863605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2022.07.008 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Imtiaz, Kehkashan
Shafaq, Humaira
Farooqi, Joveria
Hassan, Mohammad
Zafar, Afia
Long, Maureen T.
Barr, Kelli L.
Khan, Erum
Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title_full Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title_short Screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: Experience from Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort screening for arboviruses in healthy blood donors: experience from karachi, pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35863605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2022.07.008
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