Implications of Dengue Outbreaks for Blood Supply, Australia

作者：Faddy Helen M^*; Seed Clive R; Fryk Jesse J; Hyland Catherine A; Ritchie Scott A; Taylor Carmel T; Van Der Merwe Kathryn L; Flower Robert L P; McBride William J H

来源：Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19(5): 787-789.

DOI：10.3201/eid1905.121664

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 approximate to 1 in 7,146 (range 2,218-50,021).

• 出版日期2013-5