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. 2015 Apr;21(4):681-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2104.141178.

West Nile virus infection incidence based on donated blood samples and neuroinvasive disease reports, Northern Texas, USA, 2012

Diana T Cervantes, Shande Chen, Laurie J Sutor, Shelley Stonecipher, Nicolette Janoski, David J Wright, Michael P Busch

West Nile virus infection incidence based on donated blood samples and neuroinvasive disease reports, Northern Texas, USA, 2012

Diana T Cervantes et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

During the 2012 outbreak of West Nile virus in the United States, approximately one third of the cases were in Texas. Of those, about half occurred in northern Texas. Models based on infected blood donors and persons with neuroinvasive disease showed, respectively, that ≈0.72% and 1.98% of persons in northern Texas became infected.

Keywords: Texas; WNV; West Nile neuroinvasive disease; West Nile virus; antibodies; blood donors; transfusions; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses.

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