Blood Screening for Influenza

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hourfar, Michael Kai ; Themann, Anna ; Eickmann, Markus ; Puthavathana, Pilaipan ; Laue, Thomas ; Seifried, Erhard ; Schmidt, Michael
• Description:
  Influenza viruses, including highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), could threaten blood safety. We analyzed 10,272 blood donor samples with a minipool nucleic acid amplication technique. Analytical sensitivity of the method was 804 geq/mL and 444 geq/mL for generic influenza primers and influenza (H5N1) subtype-specific primers. This study demonstrates that such screening for influenza viruses is feasible.
• Subjects:
  Base Sequence Blood Blood Donors Cross Reactions Gene Amplification Humans Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Polymerase Chain Reaction Reproducibility Of Results Risk Assessment Safety Sensitivity And Specificity Species Specificity

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1081-1083.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:373eb72f018efb5cbda8b0b26bd66ff326e0a162baf61e8367a2f046b843669b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16465/cdc_16465_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 258.24 KB ]