Dengue Virus Ribonucleic Acid Detection Rates in Blood Donors Correlate With Local Infection Incidences During a Dengue Outbreak in Taiwan.

Yun-Yuan ChenChi-Te LuMei-Hua TsaiCheng-Fen YangPei-Yun ShuChia-Wen WuJen-Wei ChenChi-Ming HungSheng-Tang WeiSheng-Mou HouPei-Jer Chen

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)

Approximately 0.5%-1% of blood donations were DENV RNA positive in epidemic districts. The correlation of DENV RNA rates with dengue incidence may inform the design of effective control measures.

Keyphrases

dengue virus
zika virus
aedes aegypti
risk factors
nucleic acid
real time pcr
label free