Seroprevalence of Asymptomatic Dengue Virus Infection and Its Antibodies Among Healthy/Eligible Saudi Blood Donors: Findings From Holy Makkah City.
Ahmed M AshshiSaad AlghamdiAdel G El-ShemiSabir AlmdaniBassem RefaatAmr M MohamedHani O GhaziEsam I AzharFaisal A Al-AllafPublished in: Virology : research and treatment (2017)
These results show high prevalence of asymptomatic DENV infection and its antibodies among Saudi blood donors, raising the importance of establishing blood screening for dengue disease at different blood donation services and units in Saudi Arabia to improve the guarantee of blood transfusions and to control DENV dissemination.