Article
Surveillance of donated blood during the 2016 arbovirus outbreak in Brazil
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SHARMA, R. et al. Surveillance of donated blood during the 2016 arbovirus outbreak in Brazil. Journal of Medical Virology, v. 90, p. 1406–1410, 2018.
0146-6615
10.1002/jmv.25193
Autor
Sharma, Rohit
Santos, Larissa Costa
Silva, Robson Amaro Augusto da
Gonçalves, Caroline V
Calado, Stéfano de Melo
Santos, Denisar P
Melo, Josana P de Andrade de
Rampazzo, Rita de Cássia Pontello
Requião, Luciana
Krieger, Marco Aurelio
Barral Netto, Manoel
Oliveira, Camila Indiani de
Resumen
CAPES fellowship. MK, MBN, and CIO are sênior investigators from CNPq. Reports of arboviral transmission via blood transfusion may be a cause of concern among asymptomatic infected donors. This study evaluated the presence of arboviruses in donated blood products during the 2016 outbreak in Vitória da Conquista (Bahia-Brazil). Serum samples (n = 676) were screened for ZIKV, CHIKV, and the four DENV serotypes using a one-step reverse transcriptase-based Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). No samples tested positive for any of the targets, whereas positive controls performed as expected. The results suggest a low risk of arboviral transmission via transfusion of blood products in the endemic area studied during the 2016 outbreak.