Prevalence of Zika virus in blood donations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transfusion-Transmitted Zika virus (TT-ZIKV) has become an emerging threat to world blood banks due to the fast spread of ZIKV epidemics and high rate of asymptomatic infections. For the risk assessment of ZIKV infection in blood products, relevant studies in blood donations or blood donors tested for ZIKV were collected and analyzed systematically. The overall prevalence of ZIKV infection were estimated through meta-analysis and potential risk factors were detected. The results will provide important clues for the protocol design of blood screening tests.

Methods

Relevant articles about the rate of ZIKV detected in blood samples were identified from PubMed, Scopus and Web Of Science using key terms search strategy until October 7, 2017. Eligible articles were scr

SUBMITTER: Liu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature