Open AccessHigh Seroprevalence of Dengue Virus Infection in Blood Donors From Delhi: A Single Centre Study
Author(s) -
Pragya Ranjan,
Vidhya Natarajan,
Meenu Bajpai,
Ekta Gupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21262.8711
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , dengue fever , medicine , dengue virus , asymptomatic , transmission (telecommunications) , population , nested polymerase chain reaction , blood transfusion , immunology , virology , serology , antibody , polymerase chain reaction , environmental health , biology , biochemistry , gene , electrical engineering , engineering
The risk of transfusion transmitted dengue has been increasingly recognized. Blood donors in an endemic area like Delhi may serve as a potential vehicle for transmission of the infection. Moreover, prevalence of infection in them would be representative of the true picture of dengue in a population.