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. 2013 May;19(5):787-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1905.121664.

Implications of dengue outbreaks for blood supply, Australia

Helen M Faddy  1 , Clive R Seed, Jesse J Fryk, Catherine A Hyland, Scott A Ritchie, Carmel T Taylor, Kathryn L Van Der Merwe, Robert L P Flower, William J H McBride
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Implications of dengue outbreaks for blood supply, Australia

Helen M Faddy et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May.

Abstract

Dengue outbreaks have increased in size and frequency in Australia, and transfusion-transmitted dengue poses a risk to transfusion safety. Using whole blood samples collected during the large 2008-2009 dengue epidemic, we estimated the risk for a dengue-infectious blood donation as ≈1 in 7,146 (range 2,218-50,021).

Keywords: Australia; Dengue virus; asymptomatic; blood donor; cost; risk; seroprevalence; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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Risk of collecting a dengue-infectious blood donation, northern Queensland, Australia, 2008–2009 epidemic. Estimated risk calculated for Cairns (A) and Townsville (B).
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