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West Nile Virus in Europe and Safety of Blood Transfusion

Author(s) -

Giulio Pisani,

Karen Cristiano,

Simonetta Pupella,

Giancarlo M Liumbruno

Publication year - 2016

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 - 10.1159/000446219

Subject(s) - west nile virus , blood transfusion , medicine , epidemiology , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , intensive care medicine , epidemiological surveillance , virus , immunology , computer science , telecommunications

West Nile virus (WNV) has become an increasing issue in the transfusion setting since 2002, when it was firstly shown in the USA that it can be transmitted through blood transfusion. Since then, several precautionary measures have been introduced in Europe in order to reduce the possible risk of transmission via transfusion/solid organ transplantation. In addition, the epidemiological surveillance has been tightened and the network for communication of human WNV cases strengthened. This review will focus on WNV circulation and the safety of blood in Europe.

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