Implementation of NAT Screening for West Nile Virus and Experience with Seasonal Testing in Germany | Zendy

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Implementation of NAT Screening for West Nile Virus and Experience with Seasonal Testing in Germany

Author(s) -

J Dreier,

Tanja Vollmer,

Dennis Hinse,

Ernst Joachim Heuser,

Giulio Pisani,

Cornelius Knabbe

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transfusion medicine and hemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 1660-3818

pISSN - 1660-3796

DOI - 10.1159/000440833

Subject(s) - nat , west nile virus , virology , medicine , biology , virus , computer network , computer science

West Nile virus (WNV) can be transmitted by transfusion through infected blood components. In Germany, a 28-day deferral for blood donors of therapeutic blood components who had spent at least 2 days in WNV-endemic areas from June 1 to November 30, 2014 was enforced. Otherwise, screening of blood donors for WNV RNA or the application of pathogen reduction techniques are appropriate alternatives.

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