Chikungunya virus seroprevalence in asymptomatic blood donors during an outbreak in the Federal District of Brazil.

Ana Micaelle da Silva Mendes Daiani Cristina Cilião-AlvesBárbara Maciel Sidou PimentelSvetoslav Nanev Slavov Wildo Navegantes de Araújo Rodrigo Haddad

Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2022)

The obtained results demonstrated that at least some of the blood donors have experienced CHIKV infection which can be related to a hypothetical risk of CHIKV transfusion transmission. More studies are necessary in order to examine the impact of CHIKV on blood transfusion.

Keyphrases

zika virus
south africa
cardiac surgery
aedes aegypti
dengue virus
case control
drug induced