Seronegative human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1 carriers in blood banks: A potential viral source for silent transmission?

María Celia Frutos Sebastián BlancoMarcos BalangeroLuis Horacio CarrizoAnderson Santos RochaEdel Figueiredo Barbosa-StancioliSilvia NatesSandra Gallego

Published in: Vox sanguinis (2022)

These findings suggest potential limitations of some currently approved screening assays for HTLV-1 detection applied in some donor populations and the possibility of an HTLV-1 seronegative carrier state with the potential for silent transmission by blood.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
human health
sars cov
risk assessment
loop mediated isothermal amplification
quantum dots
single cell
drug administration