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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Hourfar, Michael Kai ; Themann, Anna ; Eickmann, Markus ; Puthavathana, Pilaipan ; Laue, Thomas ; ... More +
Hourfar, Michael Kai ; Themann, Anna ; Eickmann, Markus ; Puthavathana, Pilaipan ; Laue, Thomas ; Seifried, Erhard ; Schmidt, Michael ; Less -
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.
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Avian Influenza
Base Sequence
Blood
Blood Donors
Blood Screening
Cross Reactions
Dispatch
Gene Amplification
Germany
Humans
Influenza, Human
Influenza A (H5N1)
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Real-time PCR
Reproducibility Of Results
Risk Assessment
Safety
Sensitivity And Specificity
Species Specificity

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1081-1083. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:373eb72f018efb5cbda8b0b26bd66ff326e0a162baf61e8367a2f046b843669b
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