Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 14, 10 April 2014 / Rapid communications
Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014
D Musso <SUP>1</SUP>, T Nhan<SUP>1</SUP>, E Robin<SUP>1</SUP>, C Roche<SUP>1</SUP>, D Bierlaire<SUP>2</SUP>, K Zisou<SUP>1</SUP>, A Shan Yan<SUP>1</SUP>, V M Cao-Lormeau<SUP>1</SUP>, J Broult<SUP>2</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>Unit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institut Louis Malard?, Tahiti, French Polynesia ? 2 Centre hospitalier du Taaone, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Citation style for this article: Musso D, Nhan T, Robin E, Roche C, Bierlaire D, Zisou K, Shan Yan A, Cao-Lormeau VM, Broult J. Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014 . Euro Surveill. 2014;19(14)
ii=20761. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20761
Date of submission: 31 March 2014
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Since October 2013, French Polynesia has experienced the largest documented outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKAV) infection. To prevent transmission of ZIKAV by blood transfusion, specific nucleic acid testing of blood donors was implemented. From November 2013 to February 2014: 42 (3%) of 1,505 blood donors, although asymptomatic at the time of blood donation, were found positive for ZIKAV by PCR. Our results serve to alert blood safety authorities about the risk of post-transfusion Zika fever.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 14, 10 April 2014 / Rapid communications
Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014
D Musso <SUP>1</SUP>, T Nhan<SUP>1</SUP>, E Robin<SUP>1</SUP>, C Roche<SUP>1</SUP>, D Bierlaire<SUP>2</SUP>, K Zisou<SUP>1</SUP>, A Shan Yan<SUP>1</SUP>, V M Cao-Lormeau<SUP>1</SUP>, J Broult<SUP>2</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>Unit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institut Louis Malard?, Tahiti, French Polynesia ? 2 Centre hospitalier du Taaone, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Citation style for this article: Musso D, Nhan T, Robin E, Roche C, Bierlaire D, Zisou K, Shan Yan A, Cao-Lormeau VM, Broult J. Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014 . Euro Surveill. 2014;19(14)
ii=20761. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20761 Date of submission: 31 March 2014
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Since October 2013, French Polynesia has experienced the largest documented outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKAV) infection. To prevent transmission of ZIKAV by blood transfusion, specific nucleic acid testing of blood donors was implemented. From November 2013 to February 2014: 42 (3%) of 1,505 blood donors, although asymptomatic at the time of blood donation, were found positive for ZIKAV by PCR. Our results serve to alert blood safety authorities about the risk of post-transfusion Zika fever.
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