Potential for Zika virus transmission through blood transfusion demonstrated during an outbreak in French Polynesia, November 2013 to February 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Musso, D ^a   Nhan, T ^a   Robin, E ^a   Roche, C ^a   Bierlaire, D ^b   Zisou, K ^a   Shan Yan, A ^a   Cao Lormeau, V M ^a   Broult, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^b centre hospitalier de Polynésie française   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FLAVIVIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYNESIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84898472161     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.14.20761     Document Type: Article

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