Implications of dengue outbreaks for blood supply, Australia.

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).

SUBMITTER: Faddy HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3647514 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature