Acute Zika virus infection in an asymptomatic blood donor at the onset of the Puerto Rico epidemic.

CONCLUSION: This study identified an asymptomatic ZIKV infection in a blood donor occurring before those previously recognized by blood donation screening. NAT and PR continue to be used as acceptable strategies to prevent transfusion-transmitted arboviral infections worldwide; however, repeated arboviral outbreaks warrant consideration of PR as a more proactive approach. PMID: 31407817 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31407817?dopt=Abstract

Source: Transfusion - August 12, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Saa P, Chiu C, Grimm K, Yu G, Benjamin RJ, Corash L, Stramer SL Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research