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. 2007 Jul;13(7):1081-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1307.060861.

Blood screening for influenza

Michael Kai Hourfar  1 , Anna Themann, Markus Eickmann, Pilaipan Puthavathana, Thomas Laue, Erhard Seifried, Michael Schmidt
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Blood screening for influenza

Michael Kai Hourfar et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), could threaten blood safety. We analyzed 10,272 blood donor samples with a minipool nucleic acid amplication technique. Analytical sensitivity of the method was 804 geq/mL and 444 geq/mL for generic influenza primers and influenza (H5N1) subtype-specific primers. This study demonstrates that such screening for influenza viruses is feasible.

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