Blood Center and Public Health Actions to Reduce the Risk of Zika Virus Transfusion Transmission: Association Bulletin #16-06

American Association of Blood Banks. 08/16/2016 This 16-page document supplements Association Bulletin #16-04, Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Viruses, and provides additional information on Zika virus, including clinical outcomes following infection, reported cases of transfusion transmission, and activities to be undertaken in response to the event of local transmission of Zika virus in the United States, or in advance in areas at perceived high risk for local transmission. It contains recommendations, including the availability and use of investigational blood donation screening tests for Zika virus. (PDF)
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